[arm-allstar] Non RaspberryPi Version

[Bryan St Clair]

+1000

Would love to load a copy on a VM.


On Fri, May 22, 2020, 15:23 "Danny K5CG via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> There are those of us who would like an x86/X64 version purely as a
> virtual machine. Rather than providing an ISO to build a hamvoip node on an
> old PC, wouldn't it be easier to provide a unified virtual appliance?
>
> Create an Arch Linux VM with a generic hamvoip config, export it as a .ova
> file and make it publicly available.
>
> Then users could import it (into VMware, Citrix XenServer, XCP-ng and
> probably others). That reduces the number of types of hardware considerably
> because really there would be none.
>
> The caveat being that it would never be deployed on bare metal.
>
> Danny
> K5CG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > To: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > Cc: "W4EDP - Emmett Perdue" <w4edp at w4edp.com>
> > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 3:35:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Non RaspberryPi Version
>
> > Thanks for the answer.
> >
> > There are many reasons why someone might want to or prefer to do it on
> other
> > than a Pi. I run machines in the cloud where I already have other
> software
> > running. I run DVSwitch, Analog_Bridge and md380_emu and bridge to
> Allstar on
> > one of those. I can’t put a Pi there, I do not want it at my house and I
> do
> > not want to pay yet another lease fee for a Pi when I already have
> machines in
> > the cloud that are more than capable of running HAMVoip.
> >
> > I appreciate your position and all your work.
> >
> > 73
> > Emmett Perdue
> > W4EDP
> >
> >> On May 22, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar
> >> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> The short answer is no, not at this time. The longer answer is why
> would
> >> you want to do that? I can see where it would be necessary for a
> virtual
> >> server but why on a local PC? The Pi and in particular the Pi4 has more
> >> capability than you would ever need. We have now put as many as 200
> direct
> >> connects on a Pi4 in turbo mode load balanced across 4 virtual nodes.
> At
> >> this point there is really nothing the PC would do that the Pi would
> not so
> >> why would you want to run a 50+ watt PC when you could run a less than
> 5W
> >> Pi? I understand you have a 10 year old PC and you want to use it for
> >> something, Instead send it to the recycle and buy a Pi for $35
> >>
> >> Another aspect of a PC version that is often not thought about is the
> >> multitude of hardware it would be used with and the update process that
> >> would be outside of our control. Tis would cause a complete headache
> trying
> >> to keep up with changes. You can see this problem now in the ASL
> releases.
> >>
> >> For the virtual market we are now offering Pi4's setup and configured
> at
> >> our data center for lease. Enquire if you are interested.
> >>
> >> *73 Doug*
> >>
> >> *WA3DSP*
> >>
> >> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 2:52 PM "larry via ARM-allstar" <
> >> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Emmett,
> >>>
> >>> Last I saw on here was that it was being worked on... then Later
> >>> something about Hamvoip abandoning that project.
> >>> I'm sure Dave or Doug will enlightens us before long.
> >>>
> >>> Like you I was looking forward to updating old Centos Acid servers.
> >>>
> >>> Larry - N7FM
> >>>
> >>> On 5/22/20 11:29 AM, "Emmett Perdue via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Is a non RaspberryPi version of HAMVoip available? One that could be
> >>>
> >>> installed on a full blown Debian server as an example.
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks & 73
> >>>> Emmett Perdue
> >>>> W4EDP
> >>>>
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