On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:49:34PM -0500, Ori Berger wrote: > Least year, there was a thread discussing set up of an asterisk system, > which included a description by Arik Baratz (see e.g. > <http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il/msg52213.html> and > <http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il/msg52276.html>) > > I am planning to set up something similar, and before I embark, wanted > to ask anyone on the list if they have anything to add to that > discussion. From looking around, it seems that: > > - VPSLink is still the cheapest VPS host at $8/month (or $80/year) for > 64MB of memory. It seems like the OpenVZ package is better suited > than the Xen package, being less resource intensive. And from past > experience I would bet on Debian -- however, can anyone here share > their experience (Arik?). Will "apt-get install asterisk" be enough, > or will I have to compile everything myself?
The package in Lenny, yes. While there are no official backports for Etch, I have some unofficial ones. But then again, if you have a new system at this stage, Lenny is something to consider. I'm not sure that this package will provide you enough resources if you intend to use more than a minimal installation (more than 1-2 concurrent calls), assuming calls do use some compressed codec. > > - grnvoip still seems like the cheapest termination service - but > only provides SIP connection, whereas voipjet, still competitive, > provides only IAX2. Any recommendation here? IAX2 is supposed to > be less resource intensive than SIP, but I don't know if that'll > matter on a 64MB machine routing at most two calls. Not really. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il