[App_rpt-users] Fwd: Building a simulcast system

[Tim Sawyer]

See below...
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Tim
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> From: Bob - AF6D <bob at af6d.com>
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Building a simulcast system
> Date: August 11, 2013 10:23:48 AM PDT
> To: 'Michael Hebert' <mhebert1975 at gmail.com>
> Cc: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
> 
> I am blessed with running my own hosting business and own my data center. At
> home I have business class service. I have 50 down and 5 up. I think that
> easily covers the voice portion. I have KVM over IP and Remote APC reboot –
> or I can run it here just as easily as my data center.
> 
> 1.     Which version of the software is best for simulcast?

The latest ACID. Always upgrade after install. see https://allstarlink.org/support.html#astupgrade

> 
> 2.     How about the hardware? By default I would use a Pentium 4 3GHz with
> 4GHz of RAM a Dell GX series desktop.

That's plenty. I'm running 4 mix client nodes, a two client simulcast node and a four client simulcast node. That's 10 RTCMs on 6 nodes. All on a single Intel Atom D25 (1Gb RAM) with ACID installed on a SSD. It runs 94% idle and 300 Mb free.

> 
> 3.     Should I run a SSD drive for boot-up or would a Western Digital RE4
> (server class) work ok across the board?

Yep.

> 
> 3.     Besides simulcast for 3 nodes I’d like to share what we have as a
> conference node (???). Do I have enough horsepower? I have 50 down and 5 up.
> 

Yes.

> 4.     I'd like a private server and a public server on one PC.
> 

No, only one server per PC is recommended. VMs are not recommended, and I might scold you if you try :-). But you can have both private and public nodes on the same server.

> I would be tremendously grateful to anyone that answers these entry level
> questions. I don't want to make mistakes from the beginning.
> 

I'll send you a bill first of the month, thank you for your generosity :-)

> Humbly Yours,
> AF6D
> 

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