I'm not sure how many users you plan on serving with that Asterisk box... that does seem like a bit of overkill though. I've read where a couple of hundred users are served quite well with a 1ghz CPU and a gig of RAM (single CPU).
CentOS has a 64bit edition for the AMD CPU. Dual-Core does not require anything special from the OS, no more that Hyperthreading did. The OS just sees 2 CPUs per DIE. So, the OS will see 4 CPUs. The only issue you will need to deal with is the 64-bit compatibilities. I've played with the 64-bit versions and you may run into some compatibility issues for software not specifically compiled for 64-bit and have to re-compile rather than use the binaries or straight RPMs.
Scott
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From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Erick Perez
Sent: Sat, 5/13/2006 12:21am
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Centos and Dual Core Opteron in a Tyan Mobo
Hi folks, an Asterisk (www.asterisk.org) box will be built with the
following specs and I wanted to know if CENTOS has a built
process/config/parameter/special distro to target the AMD Opteron Dual
Core plataform:
2 amd opteron 265 dual core 1.8 Ghz 2mb l2 cache
2x1024 ocz c2-6400 dual channel gold GX XTC
2 Seagate 16mb cache 300 GB barracuda 7200 drives
another 2 Seagate 500 GB 16mb cache baracuda ata 7200 drives
lite on dual layer lightscribe 16x dvd+rw/rw x48 drive
4 port Sata Raid controller
raid - 10
2 gigabit E broadcom 10/100/100 GBE lan controller
Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) motherboard or Tyan motherboards with
ServerWorks BCM5785 Chipset (or similar from Tyan only)
All your comments will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Erick Perez
Linux User 376588
http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!)
Panama, Republic of Panama
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