What are the hardware requirements and server hardware specifications?

With the following configuration you can process over 30 session initiations per second, or between 5,000-6,000 simultaneous calls (given ASR=50%, ACD=5 minutes), or mediate traffic of up to 10 million minutes every month (for more information on this topic please refer to the PortaBilling100 Performance Section in the most recent PortaBilling100 Administrator Guide available on the Documentation Page).

Choose an advanced configuration for higher traffic in high-peak load installations (monthly traffic is around or greater than 10 million minutes). When choosing HW please make sure that all server components (especially the disk/RAID controller) and the network interface are supported by FreeBSD 6.3. (FreeBSD 6.3 Hardware notes).

If you wish to perform the actual testing whether PortaSwitch can be installed on the specific server, you can use the “Hardware compatibility CD”, provided by PortaOne. Download the CD image and burn it on the CD using any of the CD-recording programs. Boot up from this CD, and PortaSwitch test utility will detect if all of the required components (e.g. network interface) are available and supported by FreeBSD.

The USB Port is required for the HW Key (Dongle) supplied with the installation CD.

PortaBilling100 Master (Radius, DB, Billing Engine):

CPU:
basic configuration: Pentium4, Xeon, Core Duo 3GHz
advanced configuration: 2xXeon 3GHz (SMP version of PortaBilling100 required)
SCSI integrated or add-on hardware RAID controller compatible with FreeBSD 6.3
RAM: 4GB
Disks:
basic configuration: at least 120GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5)
advanced configuration: at least 200GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5), 10K-15K RPM disks or an external disk array
Network interface
USB Port
ATAPI or SCSI CD-ROM drive

PortaBilling100 Slave (redundant DB, Web interfaces, statistics, etc.):

CPU: Pentium4 2.8GHz (533MHz bus support)
SCSI integrated or add-on hardware RAID controller compatible with FreeBSD 6.3
RAM: 4GB
Disks:
basic configuration: at least 120GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5)
advanced configuration: at least 200GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5), 10K-15K RPM disks or an external disk array
Network interface
USB Port
ATAPI or SCSI CD-ROM drive

PortaSIP:

CPU:
basic configuration: Pentium4 2.8GHz
advanced configuration: Pentium4 3GHz
SCSI integrated or add-on hardware RAID controller compatible with FreeBSD 6.3
RAM: 1GB
Disks:
basic configuration: at least 50GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5)
advanced configuration: at least 80GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5)
Network interface
USB Port
ATAPI or SCSI CD-ROM drive

PortaUM:

CPU:
basic configuration: Pentium4 2.8GHz
advanced configuration: Pentium4 3GHz
SCSI integrated or add-on hardware RAID controller compatible with FreeBSD 6.3
RAM: 1GB
Disks:
basic configuration: at least 50GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5)
advanced configuration: at least 80GB of the available disk space (RAID: mirroring or RAID5)
Network interface
USB Port
ATAPI or SCSI CD-ROM drive

Please review examples of Hewlett Packard servers configuration.

PortaBilling100 Master & Slave

HP Proliant DL380G4
Xeon 3.6Ghz 1mb cache
4GB RAM
3 x 146GB 10k U320 scsi drives
embedded dual gigabit nc10/100/1000
U320 Smart Array 6i plus controller (integrated on system board) with 128mb Battery Backed Write Cache
Redundant power supply/fan kit

PortaSIP or PortaUM

(PortaSIP and PortaUM each require a separate server)

HP Proliant DL380G3
Xeon 3.06Ghz 512k cache
1GB RAM
3 x 72GB 10k U320 scsi drives
embedded dual gigabit nc10/100/1000
integrated smart array 5i plus controller with Battery Backed Write Cache enabler

Below you can see a sample of DELL server configuration:

PortaBilling100 Master and Slave

(both Master and Slave require a separate server)

DELL PowerEdge 2950

Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5150, 4MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB 4GB 667MHz, 1×6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives
Primary RAID Controller:
PERC 5/i, x6 Backplane, Integrated Controller Card
Hard Drive Configuration:
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10, PERC 5/i Integrated
Hard Drive:
4×300GB 10K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive
Riser with 3 PCIe Slots
Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord for PowerEdge 2950
Network Adapter:
Intel® PRO 1000PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit NIC, Cu, PCIe x4
Remote Management:
Dell Remote Access Card, 5th Generation for PowerEdge Remote Management
8X DVD-ROM

PortaBilling100 SMP Master and Slave

(both Master and Slave require a separate server)

DELL PowerEdge 2950

2x Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X5355, 2×4MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB 4GB 667MHz, 1×6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives
Primary Raid Controller:
PERC 5/i, x6 Backplane, Integrated Controller Card
Hard Drive Configuration:
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10, PERC 5/i Integrated
Hard Drive:
4×300GB 10K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive
Riser with 3 PCIe Slots
Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord for PowerEdge 2950
Network Adapter:
Intel® PRO 1000PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit NIC, Cu, PCIe x4
Remote Management:
Dell Remote Access Card, 5th Generation for PowerEdge Remote Management
8X DVD-ROM

PortaSIP

DELL PowerEdge 1950

Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5130, 4MB Cache, 2.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB 4GB 667MHz,
Primary RAID Controller:
PERC 5/i, Integrated Controller Card
Hard Drive Configuration:
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1, PERC 5/i Integrated
Hard Drive:
2×146GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive
Riser with 2 PCIe Slots
Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord
Network Adapter:
Intel® PRO 1000PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit NIC, Cu, PCIe x4
Remote Management:
Dell Remote Access Card
8X DVD-ROM

PortaUM

DELL PowerEdge 2950

Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5150, 4MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB 4GB 667MHz,
1×8 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives
Primary RAID Controller:
PERC 5/i, x8 Backplane, Integrated Controller Card
Hard Drive Configuration:
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5, PERC 5/i Integrated
Hard Drive:
6×300GB 10K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive
Riser with 3 PCIe Slots
Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord for PowerEdge 2950
Network Adapter:
Intel® PRO 1000PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit NIC, Cu, PCIe x4
Remote Management:
Dell Remote Access Card, 5th Generation for PowerEdge Remote Management
8X DVD-ROM

PowerEdge 1950 webpage
PowerEdge 1950 Specifications Datasheet (PDF)

PowerEdge 2950 webpage
PowerEdge 2950 Specifications Datasheet (PDF)

The 1950 and 2950 servers are only given as examples, others servers like PE 860 server can also be used for PortaSwitch.

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