[App_rpt-users] Multiple Repeaters Per Site

[Skyler F]

Doesn't asterisk automatically handle bandwith by splitting it between
computers if one doesn't have enough bandwidth?

On Saturday, March 21, 2015, Robert A. Poff <wb3awj at comcast.net> wrote:

> How many simultaneous connections are you talking about that you need that
> kind of horsepower?
>
> One on the nice things about this software is how relatively low the
> overhead is.
>
> I have run two usbradio (URI) nodes and a hub on a P4 3.2 GHZ machine with
> 2 GB of ram, and 80 GB of disk. An IBM Think center Small Form Factor
> desktop to be exact.
>
> My first setup here at home was a P2 800 MHZ with 512 MB of RAM, and I
> think maybe 40GB of disk (that I happened to have on hand). That ran a
> simplex base and a hub.
>
> My favorite hardware thus far is a Super Micro Atom D2550 1 RU box, with
> 4GB of RAM. It now has a 500 GB conventional disk in it. After the SSD that
> it came with failed one month out of the warranty period. Also using that
> box for my others to rsync with to backup files.
>
> My standard setup now is a repeater and a hub on each box.
>
> As far as a long time to recover after power failure, hasn't been a
> problem for me in the last 4-5 years. But then I'm not maintaining
> terabytes of (un-needed) disk at the sites.
>
> No multiple container VM's or any of that stuff. Define the multiple nodes
> in the config files.
>
> Nor have I found the need for an IP KVM.
>
> And in a multiple repeater system, it's so very convenient to have them
> connected via a hub node. Each node in the group can then drop out and
> connect somewhere else, say for a net or something, without dragging the
> others along.
>
> I'm about to connect a BBB node to one of our local club's RC-210. So I've
> read up on the controller. OK, the RC-210 is very capable. But, I think
> they would have been better off basing the repeater on Allstar to begin
> with.
>
> 《/SOAPBOX》
>
>
> On March 21, 2015 1:42:26 PM EDT, "R. Wayne" <allstar at controlservers.net
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','allstar at controlservers.net');>> wrote:
>>
>>  Thank you all for some fresh ideas. I too like the hub idea even though
>> it means a Linux server at the repeater site. The problem with Linux at a
>> repeater site is power outrages. I work for the hosting company that has
>> allowed me to place our high powered hub in a rack (dual Intel processors,
>> quad core, 16GB RAM, RAID [ to be replaced with SSD ]) with a 100MBit pipe.
>> We will be able to handle a lot of connections. At the repeater site we
>> need to make sure that we at least have a UPS installed that will give the
>> site owners generator time to come online. Otherwise Linux sucks when it
>> scrambles. It may take hours to do a FSCK. That means a trip to the site
>> unless we add a KVM over IP device. $$$ all the way around.
>>
>> We have three repeater sites. We have three RC-210’s. I propose adding a
>> RTCM on the 4th port of the RC-210 and then port 1 –> 2m port 2 –> 440 port
>> 3 –> 900.
>>
>> Here’s the price breakdown:
>>
>> 1 PC: $300
>> 3 URI’s: $297
>> 1 APC SmartUPS UPS: $500
>> 1 KVM/IP: $305
>>
>> ==>> $1397
>>
>> Compared to:
>>
>> 1 Arcom RC-210: $400
>> 1 RTCM: $269
>>
>> ==>> $669
>>
>> The difference here besides the price is that each repeater cannot be
>> individually linked via Allstar. But the RC-210 can allow all three
>> repeaters to connect to one RTCM. From what Chris Kurtis tells us the
>> RC-210 worked out fine.
>>
>> I’d love to read more ideas.
>>
>> Wayne @ Node 41660
>>
>>  *From:* Chris Curtis
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','demoman at rollanet.org');>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:26 AM
>> *To:* 'R. Wayne'
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','allstar at controlservers.net');>
>> *Subject:* RE: [App_rpt-users] Multiple Repeaters Per Site
>>
>>
>> I used a port on the 210 for IRLP and then later allstarlink.
>>
>>
>>
>> Works fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> You still need a sound fob in between the PC and the 210 though.
>>
>>
>>
>> The 210 treats the fob as a radio and the fob treats the 210 as a radio.
>>
>>
>>
>> 210 port àfobß PC
>>
>>
>>
>> No problem at all.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Chris
>>
>> KB0WLF
>>
>>
>>
>>   *From:* app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org');>
>> [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org');>] *On
>> Behalf Of *R. Wayne
>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 21, 2015 10:32 AM
>> *To:* app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org');>
>> *Subject:* Re: [App_rpt-users] Multiple Repeaters Per Site
>>
>>
>>
>> But what about using an external controller like a Arcom RC-210?
>>
>>
>>
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