I've set up a test enviroment and beed trying to answer that question. I think if you are carfull NOT to do dumb things like running X11 and a browser and so on on the server you can use a pretty low power system. Just do not plug in a CRT, mouse or keyboard. Use telnet or ssh. The requirements to run a graphic interfaceare are greater then to run a low-end asterisk server. Asterisk seemed to run well on am old 400Mhz Pentium but I'm using an ADM2600+ with 128MB ram and am not taxing the system much at all. I think a 1Ghz Pantium would be well more then required.
OK that said. BIG remaining question. I've got some echo problems with the FXO card. Fixing this might take a lot of CPU power to do the required DSP. I don't know yet. But it works with two calls open at about 2% of the CPU utilization. ond the ADM 2600+ Pushing 8K sample/sec data aound is a very lightload audo at 8K is a very low data rate. My goal is to reduce the heat and electic power. I may try _under_ clocking the 2600+ and see if that makes it run cool enough that I can remove a fan. --- Trench Shoring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been reading asterisks and everything I can get my hands on > for the > past week. I want to know what class processor is the bare minimum I > need > for a four port Asterisk installation? > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ===== Chris Albertson Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 310-990-7550 Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] KG6OMK __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users