On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:48:31 +0100, Vincent wrote: >On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:24:52 -0600, "Michael Graves" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>There's no reason why that could not work for you. With a 266 MHz CPU >>you have a platform roughly comparable to a Soekris Net4801. That means >>limited transcoding. > >Thanks for the tip on the HP T5700. There's one for sale on eBay in >the US, along with a PCI extension. > >I'm interested in listing the options to build a compact Asterisk >server just to handle a couple of FXO ports. Mini-ITX are a bit pricey >at about E500 over here, so I'm curious about the alternatives (with >the PCI imperative, as I prefer not to rely on a VoIP provider for >incoming calls).
I started out with a old P3-800 and three X101p cards. Next I moved to a mini-ITX system based on a Via C500. That system was from Logic Supply and cost me around $600 USD with no HD. It has 2 PCI slots but I was so fed up with the X101p's that I bought an early TDM400p with 3 FXOs. Then I migrated to a Soekris Net4801 and dropped that FXOs completely. I must say that for me that was a good decision. For about 6 months I call forwarded my numbers to DID provided by an ITSP. I actually tried several ITSPs over a period of months. When one stood out a really very good I ported the numbers. Most recently I wanted to use G729 to conserve some bandwidth. Thus I switched to the T5700. It also helped that a friend at a large company was about to pay Dell to recycle a dozen of them. I ended up with 6 gratis. The 1 GHz CPU has managed 4 calls using G729 whereas the Net4801, with its 266 MHz CPU could only handle two...barely. Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] skype mjgraves fwd 54245 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users