pls help me with hardware setup

[kingjimmil]

info
outbound calls
ration 3.1
agents 40 to 50
codec gsm or lower bandwidth
all with recordings

what would you suggest that i use for our server single box with 2xquad xeon 16gb ram, scsi hd or multi servers? and how much bandwidth should i get?

thank you

[ykhan]

Use at least two servers.

Server 1: Asterisk and Vicidial
Server 2: MySQL and Apache

[williamconley]

ratio 3:1
agents 40 to 50
codec gsm or lower bandwidth
all with recordings

3:1 dialing with 50 agents = 150 through the web plus 50 inside the LAN. Total 200 channels on the box at peak. Add recording and transcoding. Three servers. 3 to 6Meg bandwidth depending on your QOS (higher if you can get it, then you reduce your need for GSM / g729 and improve your system reliability by reducing your CPU usage).

[Op3r]

4 servers

2 asterisk
1 mysql
1 apache / recording-archive



Better to waste hardware than experience downtime.

[williamconley]

I sit corrected.

[Op3r]

ahehehe

Ykhan suggested 2 servers.

you suggested 3 servers

so I suggested 4 servers

lets wait for somebody to suggest 5 servers.

BTW I tried this before like 5 servers for 50 seats. Its an overkill I know but the owner said he will kill me if we experience any downtime on vicidial.

[williamconley]

funny thing is that the AVERAGE owner is willing to SAY that, but few are willing to cut the check. I don't think I'll ever figure that out.

[mflorell]

I'll mod you up one point on that one William

[Op3r]

Make it two

[kingjimmil]

thank for the help and to those people who sent us quotation for their services

actually we only have 20 seats to start with we decided to have 2 asterisk server and 1 for sql here are the specs.

Server 1 & 2(asterisk x2)
Intel core 2 quad Q9550
8gb ddr2 800
2x500gb raid 1
Intel dg41id board

Server 3
Intel core 2 quad Q6600
8gb ddr2 800
2x500gb raid 1
Intel dg41id board

another question is will it still work if one of the asterisk server goes bad?

pls comment if our specs is good enough to run or needs

[codehaxor]

Heres an excerp from one of my setups (60 Seats, g729, full recording):


(1) DB Server:

Processor: Core2Quad 3.0 GHZ
Motherboard: Intel Motherboard (Much better for kernel compatibility)
RAM : 8 GB DDR2 800 MHZ (the higher the MHZ better)
HD : WD RAPTOR 10,000 RPM (there is a 15,000 RPM in the market right now i suggest you getting it)

Linux Distro: Debian 64 bit


(3) Asterisk Servers:
Processor : Intel Core2Duo 2.5 GHZ (Cheaper)
Motherboard: Intel Motherboard (Much better for compatibility)
RAM: 4 GB DDR2 800 MHZ (the higher the mhz the better)
HD : WD RAPTOR 10,000 RPM (get the 15,000 RPM thats in the market today)

Asterisk Version: 1.2.30 / Zaptel 1.4
Linux Distro: OpenSuse 64 / Ubuntu Server 64 / Debian 64
* Get the sangoma USB Voice timer for good results in voice quality


(1) Web Server
Processor: Intel Core2Duo 2.5 (Cheaper and new)
Motherboard: Intel Motherboard
RAM: 2 GB DDR 800
HD: WD RAPTOR 10,000 RPM
Linux Distro: Debian 64 Bit

ADDED NOTES:

* 64 bit distro can help very much in reducing server load and has more speed in processing, the Core2Quad Processor is good for the database server since it will be flooded with mysql threads.

* In my experience an E1 Connection (2mb up and Down) can handle 40 to 45 simultaneous calls on g729 codec via SIP

* IAX Trunking the asterisk servers for load balancing really helps

* Invest in a good consultant who can do the job right

[okli]

@codehaxor

Would you mind re-posting this in this topic as well?
http://www.eflo.net/VICIDIALforum/viewtopic.php?t=7062

Hopefully we can collect hardware details for working setups in a single topic, which might be helpful for these type of questions.