In setting up a PBX to run FreeSwitch, I have allocated a machine that is overpowered, so the best use of this resource is to put a hypervisor such as Xen on it, and make it available for other office uses. Is there any reason why running FreeSwitch on a VM is a bad idea? -- Steve
Um we run our entire infrastructure on Proxmox and VM/Containers ... I say go for it. -- Brian West brian@freeswitch.org FreeSWITCH Solutions, LLC PO BOX PO BOX 2531 Brookfield, WI 53008-2531 Twitter: @FreeSWITCH_Wire T: +1.918.420.9266 | F: +1.918.420.9267 | M: +1.918.424.WEST iNUM: +883 5100 1420 9266 UK: +44 20 3298 4900 ISN: 410*543 On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Steven Schoch <schoch+freeswitch.org@xwin32.com> wrote:
In setting up a PBX to run FreeSwitch, I have allocated a machine that is overpowered, so the best use of this resource is to put a hypervisor such as Xen on it, and make it available for other office uses.
Is there any reason why running FreeSwitch on a VM is a bad idea?
-- Steve
Hi Brian, Any considerations when running as a container vs a VM? Thanks, -Chris ____________________________ Chris Ferreira Founder & CEO Numina Networks, Inc. Voice: 201-510-2560 Fax: 866-577-3411 Chris@GoNumina.com We Simplify *IT*™ * Network With Us:* [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/NuminaNetworks>[image: Twitter]<http://twitter.com/NuminaNetworks> <http://www.gonumina.com/> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Brian West <brian@freeswitch.org> wrote:
Um we run our entire infrastructure on Proxmox and VM/Containers ... I say go for it. -- Brian West brian@freeswitch.org FreeSWITCH Solutions, LLC PO BOX PO BOX 2531 Brookfield, WI 53008-2531 Twitter: @FreeSWITCH_Wire T: +1.918.420.9266 | F: +1.918.420.9267 | M: +1.918.424.WEST iNUM: +883 5100 1420 9266 UK: +44 20 3298 4900 ISN: 410*543
On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:52 PM, Steven Schoch < schoch+freeswitch.org@xwin32.com> wrote:
In setting up a PBX to run FreeSwitch, I have allocated a machine that is overpowered, so the best use of this resource is to put a hypervisor such as Xen on it, and make it available for other office uses.
Is there any reason why running FreeSwitch on a VM is a bad idea?
-- Steve
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Others would probably have additional information, but one of the issues you have to be aware about is that if your physical machine is over capacity, the virtual instance may become resource limited. In other words, if you have another VM that's a CPU or IO hog then your FS VM may run into call audio issues. That said I've run FS in a KVM virtual environment for a few years and that has gone very well. William King Senior Engineer Quentus Technologies, INC 1037 NE 65th St Suite 273 Seattle, WA 98115 Main: (877) 211-9337 Office: (206) 388-4772 Cell: (253) 686-5518 william.king@quentustech.com On 11/28/2012 05:52 PM, Steven Schoch wrote:
In setting up a PBX to run FreeSwitch, I have allocated a machine that is overpowered, so the best use of this resource is to put a hypervisor such as Xen on it, and make it available for other office uses.
Is there any reason why running FreeSwitch on a VM is a bad idea?
-- Steve
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I have never run FS outside of a VM and never saw issues, although I only have three production deployments and half a dozen dev instances. The usual resource caveats apply but it's more about general VM usage than FS in particular. Inviato da iPhone Il giorno 29/nov/2012, alle ore 02:52, Steven Schoch <schoch+freeswitch.org@xwin32.com> ha scritto:
In setting up a PBX to run FreeSwitch, I have allocated a machine that is overpowered, so the best use of this resource is to put a hypervisor such as Xen on it, and make it available for other office uses.
Is there any reason why running FreeSwitch on a VM is a bad idea?
-- Steve _________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
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There are some good/better/best Virtual engine config than others. And your milage may vary, but keys to allow for the highest performing fs-as-guest ... Config the fs-guest with a CPU affinity such that it is NEVER without two or more cores,,, if really, really necessary the vm engine may be config'ed to allowed swap of fs-guest for memory pressures but NOT cores,,, plus the network interfaces seen by fs-guest should be pass-thru and the real hardware NICs be virtual capable. (i've seen vm cause issues with non pass thru and 20 ms framing rates under load.) On 2012-11-29, at 1:22, Luca Pradovera <lpradovera@mojolingo.com> wrote:
I have never run FS outside of a VM and never saw issues, although I only have three production deployments and half a dozen dev instances. The usual resource caveats apply but it's more about general VM usage than FS in particular.
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Il giorno 29/nov/2012, alle ore 02:52, Steven Schoch <schoch+freeswitch.org@xwin32.com> ha scritto:
In setting up a PBX to run FreeSwitch, I have allocated a machine that is overpowered, so the best use of this resource is to put a hypervisor such as Xen on it, and make it available for other office uses.
Is there any reason why running FreeSwitch on a VM is a bad idea?
-- Steve _________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
FreeSWITCH-powered IP PBX: The CudaTel Communication Server http://www.cudatel.com
Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.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
_________________________________________________________________________ Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services: consulting@freeswitch.org http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
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Official FreeSWITCH Sites http://www.freeswitch.org http://wiki.freeswitch.org http://www.cluecon.com
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Brian West
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Chris Ferreira
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Luca Pradovera
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S. Scott
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Steven Schoch
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William King