Terry, I think the Nettop 100 JUST got released this past week or two at NewEgg.ca. I have been waiting for it. Unlike the netbooks, they don't come stock with SSD, just a hard drive and CompactFlash/SD slots (CompactFlash being a hard drive connected device rather than USB based). My understanding is that the dual core does have a fan on the CPU and it is louder that the single core model. Other Atom machines with noisy fan complaints have been fixed by replacing the fan with a higher quality one. But I don't see any feedback on this model specifically on this being done. There is also no reset button.
>From what I have heard, the single core can handle roughly 20+ x u711 with no >transcoding. I have been unable to find anything definitive for G729 / u711 >transcoding. This is why I was interested in dual-core and why I was waiting >on the Nettop 100 in hopes that maybe it can do a good job there. I did see on >a thread someone compare their single-core to being about the speed of Pentium >III 1Ghz... of course, this was a feeling, not a technical indicator. You probably already know this but I'll say it anyways. With the flash drives (specifically CF), my understanding is that large capacity is better since the card's intelligent enough to utilize the whole card (even if only partly used) to spread usage (reducing wearing out the memory). Trixbox on CompactFlash appears to be a bad idea (I started looking, came across some threads and gave up quickly... I didn't look hard). I'm sure people are doing it, but I think transfer speeds and the many write cycles that Trixbox has on a stock installation are too high. I haven't seen a build specifically for CF. PBXinaFlash seems to have a little more info on getting it running on CF, but I haven't actually done one yet. There are documents on how to reduce the writing. I haven't seen anything specific in terms of builds. Again, I haven't tried it. Stephen at Unlimitel seems to have a nice solution for Embedded (he's tested the MSI units). There are embedded specific builds for Asterisk that I have seen, but haven't touched them. This all comes back to something I ran into on the pfSense list. I was running pfSense on a PIII 1 Ghz server right off the CDROM. Worked like a charm for a few years. I started asking questions about embedded (the power savings alone made me seriously think about it). I was pointed to the Alix boards, CF, etc... After much thinking, I bought one. Installed it (somewhat painful) only to realize that it didn't support the full install version (so no Snort, etc... out of the box). I was a little pissed off. It was kinda painful to setup without a video port (sorry, I can't stand terminal emulation... I left VT100 a long time ago). I'm told that a new version is coming to do what I want. But in the end, I'm kinda disappointed. My point being... I think I should have just stuck to an Atom with a low power/laptop hard drive. Then it would have just _worked_. No screwing around. Ya, more power, more noise. But less pain. If you are the Trixbox/Appliance type (I am), ... I'd just get a SATA laptop drive and simplify it all... reduce the screwing around part. Trixbox has gotten bigger... it'd be a shame to limit the box. I haven't seen anyone specifically install on the Nettop 100, but I suspect it's the same as the older single core model. Let me know what your final setup is and how it goes. I will probably pull the trigger within the next 30 days myself. Regards, Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Terry D. Cudney [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:33 AM To: Asterisk User Group Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk / Trixbox with Atom Processors? Hi all, Following up on this thread...Stephan, Philip, or anyone else... What has your testing/experience with these machines revealed? Which one works best with asterisk, ideally without fans, without hdd/cdrom, without noise, removing the moving parts from the equation? Using CF, SD or usb flash drive, what is the life expectancy of these ssd's? Has anyone tried the MSI Nettop 100 dual-core atom? Opinions pro/con the windpc (single-core)? Thanks in advance for any comments/experiences. --terry On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 07:16:51PM -0500, Stephan Monette wrote: --> I'm testing the Intel board and the MSI WindPC unit with our new SoftPBX --> on CD (special CF Version). --> --> If you plan to run from CF, do not use the Intel boards, we're having --> issues using Intel boards and high performance CF cards. --> --> The MSI WindPC version works great with the onboard CF IDE reader and we --> have no issues with the high performance CF cards. --> --> I didn't do any transcoding since we always use uLaw, but the box can --> easily support 200 extensions with uLaw (50-70 concurrent calls). --> --> Cheers. --> --> On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 19:00 -0500, Chuck Mariotti wrote: --> > I have been looking at Atom based systems for a while. I keep drooling over these cheapo, compact, low power units. --> > --> > I'd really like to replace my 1Ghz, 1GB, 1U machine running Asterisk with one in an attempt to keep power usage low. Are these things supported with Asterisk/Trixbox? --> > --> > Is anyone using them or can recommend a board or specific system? Any ideas on capacity of users, transcoding, etc? --> > --> > I have been looking at Jetway and Intel boards. --> > --> > Any suggested configs (and accessories, riser cards, CF, etc...) or alternatives would be appreciated. --> > --> > Regards, --> > Chuck --> > --> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] --> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --> > --> > --> -- --> ** --> Stephan Monette --> Unlimitel Inc. --> Tel.: 613-688-6212, x221 --> Fax.: 613-482-1077 --> --> --> --> --------------------------------------------------------------------- --> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] --> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --> -- Name: Terry D. 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