Hey Reza,
Absolutely. If your goal is to insert a PC is a tight, tight, tight
spot, fanless, Flash based, 12V DC systems are awesome.
Embedded systems, with stripped Linux installs are just hard to work
with. JTAG'ing flash RAM, playing games with boot loaders, and having to
use minimal command line tools makes development and management so
difficult.
With similar projects I have worked on in the past I have opted to stick
with as much of a standard Linux install as possible. Stripped CentOS,
or lately the Ubuntu Server 7.10, are lean, mean but have package
management. This is not to say I would refuse a project board with
AstLinux. Its just alot of work, for debatable payoff.
But Hey--- its all great fun!!! Party on.
Very soon, everyones home will have an Asterisk "Box" connected to Telco
Fiber (My Area has Verizon FIOS), providing the residential home full
PBX support in a form factor about the size of a deck of cards. This
device will fit right in your NID on the outside of the building. The
Telcos will buy millions, and pay 10's of millions for them, and then
will pay again for their replacements when they get zapped, and again
for the upgrades.
Who ever builds the tightest, and most reliable device is going to be
very wealthy! So, you are without a doubt on the right track!
Matt
Those are some very creative uses.
Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast wrote:
Yes Matthew:
This is true. My first Asterisk install was on a P3-500, on 256 megs
of RAM. You can pick up a refurb P4 - 1.7 Ghz with 512 megs of ram
for under $200 these days, and a with $200 more, a brand new dual
core/x2 PC as you have said.
However the true purpose of these embedded devices is the flexibility
of a "small" size, portability, low power consumption, and the ability
to install these at elevators, or making other voice enabled gadgets
for vehicles, wheel chairs, remote sites and so on.
I can think of a dozen different applications where these could be
used - and the advantage of no moving parts and flash storage has
tremendous advantages.
So yes, depending on the situation, the low cost PC and also the
embedded solution ... both has its place.
Cheers!
Reza.
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Matthew Mackes <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* 'TAUG' <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, October 27, 2007 11:10 PM
*Subject:* Re: [on-asterisk] AstLinux on production
Sorry- "Embedded"
Hi Everyone,
Embetted devices are cool to play with, however, with PC hardware
so inexpensive, A small form factor PC, with an IDE-to_Flash
adapter and RPath Pound Key Linux would be a better, easier,
Higher Density Solution.
PIII machines are available for less then $150, or for $300 you
can pick up a brand new low end dell P4. With a PIII or P4 you
could handle quite a few more calls, with trans coding then with
an embedded machine.
Just my two cents.
Matt
Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
This is a really reliable platform on which to run Asterisk, but do not put
one into production without planning some lab time - this is a very
different beast from any Asterisk you have seen before. Also, this is
strictly a low-density solution.
Highly recommended, but wear your thinking cap, and be prepared to learn a
few new tricks.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: October 26, 2007 8:20 PM
To: TAUG
Subject: [on-asterisk] AstLinux on production
Has anyone here in the TAUG group run AstLinux in a
production environment?
Like to hear from you, the obstacles & success that you have had.
Thanks!
Reza.
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