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I currently run freeswith in a VM environment in the cloud, does this mean for G729 license I will run into issues<br>with anything above 100 channels? Would have never imagined that...<br>Any input to this will help with FS and G729 trans-coding requirements.<br>Thanks<br>David<br><br><div>> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:18:02 -0800<br>> From: curriegrad2004@gmail.com<br>> To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] MInimal Hardware requirements - G729<br>> <br>> Not to mention at a conference call type of setup, you'd need extra<br>> processing done on the machine that's handling approx. 100 users at<br>> any given time on G729, as I already said above, start considering<br>> with using a hardware transcoding card from sangoma or etc.<br>> <br>> As funny as it may seem, your CPU in your box wasn't really designed<br>> to behave or act like a DSP, although Intel tried to :P<br>> <br>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Kristian Kielhofner <kris@kriskinc.com> wrote:<br>> > You're going to pay $1000 for G729 software licenses.<br>> ><br>> > Sangoma cards include the license in the cost of the card and the<br>> > transcoding frees up CPU resources for other things. I'm not sure of<br>> > the pricing but you can probably get a 100 channel Sangoma card for<br>> > less than you're going to pay in software licenses.<br>> ><br>> > When you start getting in the > 100 channel range you should really,<br>> > really be using a Sangoma card. There's very little reason not to.<br>> ><br>> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Michele M <mchlmll@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> >> Ok, but again<br>> >> , hardware requirements? (CPU, RAM, etc, etc)<br>> >><br>> >> 2011/11/28 Ken Rice <krice@freeswitch.org><br>> >>><br>> >>> Keep in Mind that Mod_conference (and anyone elses conference software for<br>> >>> that matter) take everything to slinear for mixing. Unfortunately you cant<br>> >>> mix encoded auto with encoded audio very well.<br>> >>><br>> >>> So far 100 Channels in a conf bridge, he would require 100 licenses.<br>> >>><br>> >>> K<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> On 11/28/11 9:16 AM, "curriegrad2004" <curriegrad2004@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>> > In this case there is no need to purchase any G729 software licenses<br>> >>> at all if<br>> >>> > you are doing all of this in passthrough mode (meaning both<br>> >>> ends are g729<br>> >>> > codecs and FS is just simply passing them through). The<br>> >>> default G729 codec<br>> >>> > that is included with FS is passthrough.<br>> >>><br>> >>> You could also look into<br>> >>> > this:<br>> >>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Proxy_Media or<br>> >>> > this<br>> >>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Bypass_Media<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Michele M <mchlmll@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>> >> Hi there,<br>> >>> it is my intention to buy 100 g729 sw codecs from FS to setup a<br>> >>> >> meet-me<br>> >>> conference system.Which are the minimal hw requirements to support<br>> >>> >> 100 conference legs where all the codecs implied are G729 ? ( meaning<br>> >>> >> no<br>> >>> >> transcoding from pcmu->G729 and viceversa).<br>> >>> ><br>> >>> > Thx in advance<br>> >>> ><br>> >>> > Michele<br>> >>> ><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>> _________________________________________________________________________<br>> >>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br>> >>> consulting@freeswitch.org<br>> >>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com<br>> >>><br>> >>> FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server<br>> >>> http://www.cudatel.com<br>> >>><br>> >>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br>> >>> http://www.freeswitch.org<br>> >>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org<br>> >>> http://www.cluecon.com<br>> >>><br>> >>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br>> >>> FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org<br>> >>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users<br>> >>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users<br>> >>> http://www.freeswitch.org<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> _________________________________________________________________________<br>> >> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br>> >> consulting@freeswitch.org<br>> >> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com<br>> >><br>> >> FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server<br>> >> http://www.cudatel.com<br>> >><br>> >> Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br>> >> http://www.freeswitch.org<br>> >> http://wiki.freeswitch.org<br>> >> http://www.cluecon.com<br>> >><br>> >> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br>> >> FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org<br>> >> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users<br>> >> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users<br>> >> http://www.freeswitch.org<br>> >><br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Kristian Kielhofner<br>> ><br>> > _________________________________________________________________________<br>> > Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br>> > consulting@freeswitch.org<br>> > http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com<br>> ><br>> > FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server<br>> > http://www.cudatel.com<br>> ><br>> > Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br>> > http://www.freeswitch.org<br>> > http://wiki.freeswitch.org<br>> > http://www.cluecon.com<br>> ><br>> > FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br>> > FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org<br>> > http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users<br>> > UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users<br>> > http://www.freeswitch.org<br>> <br>> _________________________________________________________________________<br>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br>> consulting@freeswitch.org<br>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com<br>> <br>> FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server<br>> http://www.cudatel.com<br>> <br>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br>> http://www.freeswitch.org<br>> http://wiki.freeswitch.org<br>> http://www.cluecon.com<br>> <br>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br>> FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org<br>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users<br>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users<br>> http://www.freeswitch.org<br></div> </div></body>
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