For a couple of years I used a Soekris Net4801 as an Astlinux host. It features a 266 MHz Geode CPU. That system was able to sucessfully transcode only two G.729 encoded calls at a time. Since moving to the 1 GHz host I've not bothered to try and overtax the transcode capability as it does as much as I need. I expect that it would handle 6-8 transcodes at a time, which is more than I need.
Bear in mind that you may not need to transcode very often. If you're using primarily the PSTN through the TDM400p then why bother with G.729 at all? Michael On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:21:31 +0100 (BST), --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: >From what people have said Asterisk does not require a huge amount of memory >or CPU then ? I only have a couple of extensions. Running the G729 codec and >will look at the Octava software for the PSTN to reduce echo. > >Regards, > >-- >--[ UxBoD ]-- >// PGP Key: "curl -s http://www.splatnix.net/uxbod.asc | gpg --import" >// Fingerprint: F57A 0CBD DD19 79E9 1FCC A612 CB36 D89D 2C5A 3A84 >// Keyserver: www.keyserver.net Key-ID: 0x2C5A3A84 >// Phone: +44 845 869 2749 SIP Phone: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >----- "Michael Graves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Just about anything bootable will serve you well enough. My home >> office >> >> is presently running of an HP T5700 thin client (1 GHz transmeta CPU, >> >> 256 MB RAM, 256 MB Flash DOM) running Astlinux. Cheap, diskless, >> >> fanless, silent, cool, reliable. Almost perfect IMHO. >> >> >> >> It's connected to a snom m3 system, 6 Polycom & Aastra SIP phones, and >> >> one lowly Sipura SPA-2002. We don't have any POTS lines so no FXO card >> >> anymore. I did have a TDM400p at one point. >> >> >> >> Michael Graves > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. > > > >Internal Virus Database is out of date. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.4/1617 - Release Date: 8/17/2008 >12:58 PM > > -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] skype mjgraves _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
