Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-07-12 Thread Paul Hayes
On 14/06/10 18:11, Gordon Henderson wrote: On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Chris Bagnall wrote: Actually, the Atom seems to be surprisingly powerful. We have a couple of Atom boxes with transcoding and conferences enabled without issue. I wouldn't pretend it'll cope with hundreds of conference

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-07-02 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Kyle Kienapfel wrote: For embedded systems, I plan to try running asterisk off of an old AMD Geode based thin client, It's got debian but I've replaced /sbin/init with a link to busybox and I have a script that does the bare minimum to get operational and have syslog log

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-07-01 Thread Kyle Kienapfel
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere j...@sunfone.com wrote: On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Randy R wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere j...@sunfone.com wrote: pretty much giving up on Skype for Asterisk (and Skype for SIP) now that I realize that they'll be

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-07-01 Thread Kyle Kienapfel
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Kyle Kienapfel doctor.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere j...@sunfone.com wrote: On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Randy R wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere j...@sunfone.com wrote: pretty much giving up on Skype

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-07-01 Thread Randy R
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Kyle Kienapfel doctor.w...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/business/skype-manager/ Currently, we're expecting a suggested charge of between €2 to €10 per seat/month. Whoops, *grabs a napkin* And that is in addition to the per channel charge of

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-16 Thread Randy R
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Michael Graves mgra...@mstvp.com wrote: Some distro's, like Askozia and Astlinux, have been specifically engineered around running from flash media. This basic form of operation has been well proven in projects like monowall and pfsense. I think you hit the

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-16 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Randy R wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Michael Graves mgra...@mstvp.com wrote: Some distro's, like Askozia and Astlinux, have been specifically engineered around running from flash media. This basic form of operation has been well proven in projects like

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-16 Thread Randy R
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere j...@sunfone.com wrote: pretty much giving up on Skype for Asterisk (and Skype for SIP) now that I realize that they'll be charging a monthly fee that is disproportionately high compared to my need to let Skype users call us. We'll know the

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-16 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Randy R wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Jeff LaCoursiere j...@sunfone.com wrote: pretty much giving up on Skype for Asterisk (and Skype for SIP) now that I realize that they'll be charging a monthly fee that is disproportionately high compared to my need to let

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Hans Witvliet Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:21 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk Why no flash? * Small pre-built PC (not buying board, case, all parts separately

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-15 Thread SIP
@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk Why no flash? * 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) An ssd uses less power, so

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-15 Thread Michael Graves
, 2010 4:21 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk Why no flash? * Small pre-built PC (not buying board, case, all parts separately) * Low power consumption * No fan or very small fan * Hard drive

[asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Randy R
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

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Saflis ST
AsteriskNow is better On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Randy R randulo2...@gmail.com 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,

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread --[ UxBoD ]--
* Skype for Asterisk needs to run on this - so this means x86, right? or x86_64 is fine -- Thanks, Phil -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Chris Bagnall
I'm looking to build an Asterisk box that can run at a remote location. We've used the Asus eeeBox (desktop version of their little netbooks) quite successfully in past projects: Atom 1.6, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD. Generally we run Gentoo Linux with Asterisk 1.4.latest, but no reason why you

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Randy R
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Chris Bagnall aster...@lists.minotaur.cc wrote: We've used the Asus eeeBox (desktop version of their little netbooks) quite successfully in past projects: Atom 1.6, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD. Wow, we used to benefit from the space program that handed down technologies

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread John Ervin
How limited are you in the no-no category when using a small machine like this. Do you set you system to prevent transcoding? Does it prevent conferencing? Just curious. I kind of like those features but love the idea of the small machines. On 06/14/2010 07:37 AM, Chris Bagnall wrote:

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Chris Bagnall
Actually, the Atom seems to be surprisingly powerful. We have a couple of Atom boxes with transcoding and conferences enabled without issue. I wouldn't pretend it'll cope with hundreds of conference participants, but with ~10 or so it seems to be fine. Likewise with transcoding - we've only

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Gordon Henderson
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Chris Bagnall wrote: Actually, the Atom seems to be surprisingly powerful. We have a couple of Atom boxes with transcoding and conferences enabled without issue. I wouldn't pretend it'll cope with hundreds of conference participants, but with ~10 or so it seems to be

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Randy R
good stuff snipped Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Is it feasable to run Skype for Asterisk on the Atom processors? It's a feature I'd really like to have. As for conferencing, we rarely use it but never would need more than 3 seats. for you top posters, the good stuff would have been

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread SIP
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

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Hans Witvliet
Why no flash? * 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) An ssd uses less power, so generates less warmth, hence less need for fan in the drive area. Also less noise..

Re: [asterisk-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk

2010-06-14 Thread Danny Nicholas
-users] Small PC to build and run Asterisk Why no flash? * 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) An ssd uses less power, so generates less warmth, hence less need