asterisk users - Oct 2006 - Server power indication

Hello list,

I'm currently looking into building a new Asterisk server, due to some codec
problems i've got to transcode most of my channels between
Alaw -- G729. Is there any indication on how many channels you would be able to
transcode on a certain platform?

I'm looking into  dual Xeon or dual Opteron configurations, which of these
platforms would perform better?
And how much power would be needed to transcode 120 Channels PRI to G729 (for
example Digium TE412P)?

Erik

I've narrowed it down to 2 configs,

It wil either be a dual:
Intel xeon dual core 3.73Ghz 1066 2x2MB cache

or a dual:
AMD Opteron DUAL CORE 285 (2.6GHz 32/64bit)

So effectively there will be 4 real CPU cores to handle processes/transcoding.
* Are there any numbers on how many (SIP-SIP) Alaw to G729 transcoding calls
this setup will be able to handle?
* Which of these two would be the better?
* Would this configuration be enough to serve a TE412P to 120 channels G729 ?

Kind regards,
Erik


Erik wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm currently looking into building a new Asterisk server, due to some
codec problems i've got to transcode most of my channels between
> Alaw -- G729. Is there any indication on how many channels you would be
able to transcode on a certain platform?
> 
> I'm looking into  dual Xeon or dual Opteron configurations, which of
these platforms would perform better?
> And how much power would be needed to transcode 120 Channels PRI to G729
(for example Digium TE412P)?
> 
> Erik
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