[arm-allstar] ALTERNATIVE hosting site

[Doug Crompton]

I might add to this what I have said before. The only reason to run on a
virtual server is if you have poor Internet. The Pi running hamvoip SW will
certainly handle just about anything a PC would. The idea that you need a
PC is old news! There are Asterisk limits on the number of direct
connections and while they are slightly more on a fast PC than a Pi they
are both substantial numbers, the Pi being upwards of 75-80 connections.
Few hubs have that many and in cases where that is the case distribution
between more than one hub works well. I do that here have a local users hub
and a global hub.

The other thing we will be offering albeit at a cost is a "Pi Farm" option
where hamvoip SW is running on a dedicated Pi at our site with very high
speed Internet. This is in beta testing now. The recent addition of the Pi
4 although not tested yet will greatly up the ante of Pi vs. PC in hiher
load applications.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 7:25 AM "David McGough via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> 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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