Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-13 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Tuesday 13 December 2005 02:11, Chris Mason (Lists) wrote: At sixty concurrent calls, you are not looking at a small embedded machine. Rack mount dual P3 or P4 in a small form factor I could see. I have to wonder if a CF card based system can be adequate for this kind of work, I have tended

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-13 Thread Chris Bagnall
About the 4801, Kristian said: - No FXS ports - the Soekris doesn't have the means to provide ringing voltage for the card. Doesn't it use the 5V rail of a standard molex connector to generate ring voltage? Or does it use the 12V rail. If it's the former, I think you could probably use power

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-12 Thread Alistair Cunningham
Chris Bagnall wrote: We've recently ordered a pair of these: http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm Which have a standard PCI slot into which I'm hoping a TDM card will work. Their Belgian distributor (kd85.com) appears to have a nice range of expanded cases that might (hopefully) take a TDM card.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-12 Thread Alistair Cunningham
Kristian Kielhofner wrote: P.S. - You should run AstLinux on your net4801: http://www.astlinux.org P.P.S. - I created AstLinux, and it rocks ;)! Kristian, We haven't decided yet, but AstLinux is definitely on our short list. I'm a Debian person myself (I used to be a Debian developer),

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-12 Thread BJ Weschke
On 12/12/05, Alistair Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Bagnall wrote: We've recently ordered a pair of these: http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm Which have a standard PCI slot into which I'm hoping a TDM card will work. Their Belgian distributor (kd85.com) appears to have a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, Interesting boxes - I might get one of these myself for playing around with A 266 Mhz CPU is far more capable than you actually think and I have been running 500 ports on a 300 Mhz PII earlier...BUT, I did not use passive Digium boards. The Digium boards are CPU intensive for 2 main

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-12 Thread John Reynolds
I use a net4801 with astlinux. works great, but I run it at home with 3 phones. I did some research before buying the net4801. Was looking at low power (watts) fanless embedded systems. One dealer I talked with suggested I look at this company: http://www.diamondsystems.com/ I have thought to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-12 Thread Chris Mason (Lists)
Alistair Cunningham wrote: I had a look at these and came to the conclusion that they're underpowered for our needs. We really need at least 20 calls at once, preferably 60. At sixty concurrent calls, you are not looking at a small embedded machine. Rack mount dual P3 or P4 in a small

[Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-11 Thread Alistair Cunningham
I know it's been asked before, but this area moves rapidly. Would anyone have recommendations for a small or embedded system suitable for running Asterisk on? Ideally, we'd like two boxes: - One using compact flash, and is fanless, with rapid booting. - One with a hard disk for voicemail,

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-11 Thread Chris Bagnall
Would anyone have recommendations for a small or embedded system suitable for running Asterisk on? Ideally, we'd like two boxes: - One using compact flash, and is fanless, with rapid booting. - One with a hard disk for voicemail, call recording, etc. Preferably they would be capable of

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Small / embedded system recommendations

2005-12-11 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
Chris Bagnall wrote: Would anyone have recommendations for a small or embedded system suitable for running Asterisk on? Ideally, we'd like two boxes: - One using compact flash, and is fanless, with rapid booting. - One with a hard disk for voicemail, call recording, etc. Preferably they would