Randy R wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking to build an Asterisk box that can run at a remote > location. Here are most of the specs of what I'm looking for: > > Physical hardware > > * Small pre-built PC (not buying board, case, all parts separately) > * Low power consumption > * No fan or very small fan > * Hard drive (not flash memory) > > Capabilities/capacity > > * No GUI, no X > * Register to multiple SIP servers > * There will be no PSTN > * No analog phones > * Small number of SIP devices will register - maybe 10 max > * Three simultaneous channels active > * Skype for Asterisk needs to run on this <- so this means x86, right? > > Recommendations wanted > > * What hardware > * What distro > * Which Asterisk version > > Comments and suggestions welcome. This is going to be discussed on VUC > as well, so if you're comfortable with it, come on by: http://vuc.me > > Thanks in advance, > > /r > > We use the Acer AspireRevo AR1600-U910H in a lot of locations. It's enough to handle a few dozen remote office employees on a full asterisk install with transcoding. 160G hard drive, couple of gigs of ram (comes with 1), gigabit networking, and it's $200. We slap CentOS 5.X on there, and Asterisk 1.4.X (we don't do 1.6.X). It DOES have a fan, but it's a very VERY quiet fan. For pure fanless, you might try the Lenovo Q110, but it will run you a bit more (should come standard with 320G hd and 2G of ram, though).
We love the Acer AspireRevos. I have one at home I use as a media centre, as well. N. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
