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From: Bob - AF6D <bob@af6d.com> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Building a simulcast system Date: August 11, 2013 10:23:48 AM PDT To: 'Michael Hebert' <mhebert1975@gmail.com> Cc: app_rpt-users@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