asterisk users - Jan 2006 - Asterisk + XEN does it make sense?

Hi List,

I was wondering if anybody had tried running Asterisk inside 
virtualization software such as Xen. Are there known problems doing it?

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.

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Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I was wondering if anybody had tried running Asterisk inside
> virtualization software such as Xen. Are there known problems doing it?
>
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel.
>
I have been running several asterisk xen servers for a few months now.
Problems would depend on what you plan to do. I do know that I have
tested it with 6 channels g729 transcoded on a 96mb xen virtual and it
still worked. I do all my agi development and testing on virtuals. It's
so easy to build and rebuild test servers this way. It also provides an
easy way to revert to a snapshot. If you suspect that 1.2.x has a new
bug you can quickly switch back to the previous setup to verify that.

I should also mention that I am using xen for some client ecommerce
stuff. It provides a means where we can have redundancy at affordable
costs. I have virtual servers spread over 3 data centers this way.

I use VMWare, but will start testing XEN...I use VMWare to slice up some
nice big servers to provide dedicated hosted PBXes.  We also use the VMs
for easy deployment and is a vital part of our DR Plan...

Now, we are full VoIP...not T1 or PRI cards...

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul [mailto:ast2005@9ux.com] 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:17 PM
To: Asterisk User List
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk + XEN does it make sense?

Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I was wondering if anybody had tried running Asterisk inside
> virtualization software such as Xen. Are there known problems doing
it?
>
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel.
>
I have been running several asterisk xen servers for a few months now.
Problems would depend on what you plan to do. I do know that I have
tested it with 6 channels g729 transcoded on a 96mb xen virtual and it
still worked. I do all my agi development and testing on virtuals. It's
so easy to build and rebuild test servers this way. It also provides an
easy way to revert to a snapshot. If you suspect that 1.2.x has a new
bug you can quickly switch back to the previous setup to verify that.

I should also mention that I am using xen for some client ecommerce
stuff. It provides a means where we can have redundancy at affordable
costs. I have virtual servers spread over 3 data centers this way.

Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I was wondering if anybody had tried running Asterisk inside 
> virtualization software such as Xen. Are there known problems doing it?
We run a number of systems with Xen, its great once you figured out the 
nags of it :)

Remember, to do anything with hardware you will still need Xen 2, not Xen 3.

Florian

Kevin Steil a ?crit :
>I use VMWare, but will start testing XEN...I use VMWare to slice up some
>nice big servers to provide dedicated hosted PBXes.  We also use the VMs
>for easy deployment and is a vital part of our DR Plan...
>  
>
Which version of VMWare are you using? Are you having any issues with it?

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.

-- 
Jean-Michel Hiver - http://ykoz.net/
D?couvrez la R?union des Technologies IP & Telecom
TEL: +262 (0)262 55 03 98 - RCS 434 273 330 SAINT PIERRE