[arm-allstar] ALTERNATIVE hosting site

[David McGough]

Brad,

There are lots of low-cost VPS providers selling services, Vultr being one
of the crowd. In the VPS world, you get what you pay for. Hosting a
website or even running a VPN on a VPS is different animal from running a
timing-critical VoIP application, like Asterisk/AllStar. It's all about
system latency and timing quality.  With website hosting, VPS latency may
not even be noticed. With VoIP it certainly will be noticed, showing up as 
pops, clicks, stutters, audio drop-outs, etc.

I know some AllStar users are using VPS hosted hubs these days and seem
satisfied with the performance--audio issues and all.

As for the currently available HamVoIP firmware image, this software is 
specifically tailored for Broadcom BCM2836/BCM2837 family ARM processors, 
as found on Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 boards.  It won't run on Vultr. Period.



73, David KB4FXC





On Fri, 19 Jul 2019, "Brad Trogdon via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> I wanted to share and also have a question.
> 
> 1. To address hosting and VPN issues I have joined a service that allows me
> to quickly spin up remote servers.  For a limited time they are giving $50
> credit to new users. The cool thing is you can have a server online for as
> little as $2.50 a month.  I selected the $5.00 plan to get a static IP
> address and 1GB RAM 25 GB SSD. URL is: https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8201881-4F
> or Click here for Vultr.com offer <https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8201881-4F>
> 
> 2. As it concerns Cloud Servers, anyone installed HamVoIP on one?  I can
> spin up the other version easily from an ISO but I prefer to stick with the
> stable HamVoIP versions.  My desire is to establish a HUB and move my
> IceCast server to it as well.
> 
> As usual thanks for your assistance and everyone have a great day!
> 
> -Brad
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