Hi, the time will come, when we will use FreeSWITCH on our systems. Currently we are using CentOS, but I am normally using debian systems because of the better software distribution, stability and update process. So? Are there any advantages if I would use CentOS or Debian? Does somebody has trouble on CentOS / Debian related to limitiation like Kernel configuration problems (I dont want to recompile the kernel for every system). Are there any analyses on which system FreeSWITCH does run "better" (stability, number of calls, performance,....) Any hint is appreciated. Best regards, Bernhard
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Bernhard Suttner <bernhard.suttner@winet.ch> wrote:
the time will come, when we will use FreeSWITCH on our systems. Currently we are using CentOS, but I am normally using debian systems because of the better software distribution, stability and update process.
So? Are there any advantages if I would use CentOS or Debian? Does somebody has trouble on CentOS / Debian related to limitiation like Kernel configuration problems (I dont want to recompile the kernel for every system). Are there any analyses on which system FreeSWITCH does run "better" (stability, number of calls, performance,....)
FreeSWITCH is developed (and deployed) mainly on CentOS 64 bit, so CentOS is a sure bet. -giovanni
Any hint is appreciated.
Best regards, Bernhard
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The core developers of FreeSWITCH run CentOS and are better at handling issues should they arise on platforms they use. CentOS is enterprise by design so it is slow on software updates and the like but to some that is an advantage versus more current edge distributions. FreeSWITCH ships many libraries bundled with the software to cope with the disparity in versions packaged/provided across distros. If a machine is only running FreeSWITCH you don't really need very much outside of what is provided by CentOS and FreeSWITCH by itself. More exotic tasks you hit the limitations that CentOS does not distribute packages for everything due to it's policies upstream. There are options to address those such as community repositories. -- W PS: If you really hate yum you can use apt on CentOS =)
I use debian lenny on my production servers (I also prefer the debian software distribution). It also makes the systems more consistent as all our other servers also run debian. I haven't had any stability problems at all with it, using the standard kernel. CentOS is the recommended OS for FreeSWITCH though, since that's the one core development is done on and most people use, so is the most tested configuration. -Steve On 2 November 2010 16:44, Bernhard Suttner <bernhard.suttner@winet.ch> wrote:
Hi,
the time will come, when we will use FreeSWITCH on our systems. Currently we are using CentOS, but I am normally using debian systems because of the better software distribution, stability and update process.
So? Are there any advantages if I would use CentOS or Debian? Does somebody has trouble on CentOS / Debian related to limitiation like Kernel configuration problems (I dont want to recompile the kernel for every system). Are there any analyses on which system FreeSWITCH does run "better" (stability, number of calls, performance,....)
Any hint is appreciated.
Best regards, Bernhard
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Fedora 12/13 also does the trick for FreeSwitch, but don't expect mod_perl and mod_dingaling to work properly on those two. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Steven Ayre <steveayre@gmail.com> wrote:
I use debian lenny on my production servers (I also prefer the debian software distribution). It also makes the systems more consistent as all our other servers also run debian.
I haven't had any stability problems at all with it, using the standard kernel.
CentOS is the recommended OS for FreeSWITCH though, since that's the one core development is done on and most people use, so is the most tested configuration.
-Steve
On 2 November 2010 16:44, Bernhard Suttner <bernhard.suttner@winet.ch> wrote:
Hi,
the time will come, when we will use FreeSWITCH on our systems. Currently we are using CentOS, but I am normally using debian systems because of the better software distribution, stability and update process.
So? Are there any advantages if I would use CentOS or Debian? Does somebody has trouble on CentOS / Debian related to limitiation like Kernel configuration problems (I dont want to recompile the kernel for every system). Are there any analyses on which system FreeSWITCH does run "better" (stability, number of calls, performance,....)
Any hint is appreciated.
Best regards, Bernhard
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Hello On Nov 2, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Steven Ayre wrote:
I use debian lenny on my production servers (I also prefer the debian software distribution). It also makes the systems more consistent as all our other servers also run debian.
I am also using lenny successfully. I have tried the squeeze kernels on lenny and they are not as good with timing on a xen virtualized guest. Hopefully we can work that out before release but I've tried even newer kernels that weren't debian packages and they didn't work very well either. I'll be continuing to run debian on my freeswitch boxes. I will spend some time testing some newer kernels in the next month or so. --FC
Bernhard Suttner wrote:
Any hint is appreciated. Follow the rules of thumb. Choose the platform (software/hardware) as close as the ones used by the developers This way, shall you run into the problems, you sure will get a better support from developers who can quickly test and/or replicate the problems to fix.
For me, an inexpensive Seagate DockStar (Marvell chipset clocked @1.2GHz, 128MB RAM, several USB2 ports, consumes only 3Watts of electricity) runs a self-built OpenWRT Linux flavor + an FS v1.0.6 suffices to my personal need, YMMV. ----- don't and stop are the ONLY two 4-letter words considered offensive to men, but not when used together. -- View this message in context: http://freeswitch-users.2379917.n2.nabble.com/Choosing-the-right-distributio... Sent from the freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Hi, thanks for every hint. I think the better solution is to use CentOS. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Bernhard -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] Im Auftrag von mazilo Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. November 2010 02:41 An: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org Betreff: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Choosing the right distribution Bernhard Suttner wrote:
Any hint is appreciated. Follow the rules of thumb. Choose the platform (software/hardware) as close as the ones used by the developers This way, shall you run into the problems, you sure will get a better support from developers who can quickly test and/or replicate the problems to fix.
For me, an inexpensive Seagate DockStar (Marvell chipset clocked @1.2GHz, 128MB RAM, several USB2 ports, consumes only 3Watts of electricity) runs a self-built OpenWRT Linux flavor + an FS v1.0.6 suffices to my personal need, YMMV. ----- don't and stop are the ONLY two 4-letter words considered offensive to men, but not when used together. -- View this message in context: http://freeswitch-users.2379917.n2.nabble.com/Choosing-the-right-distributio... Sent from the freeswitch-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
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Bernhard Suttner
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Frank Carmickle
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Giovanni Maruzzelli
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Jeffrey Leung
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mazilo
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Steven Ayre
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William Suffill