Hi everyone ! So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my company has available. We are a small startup. I'm wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. So here are my questions: * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or should I just install the traditional pbx and look to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix person not a phone person so from a manageability perspective i would love this ) * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support about 200 people with the requirements above what hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? or would that have to be upgraded too ? If anyone is running an environment similar to this that can provide help I would really appreciate this. I'm having a hard time making this decision and would love to hear anybody's experience in a real time environment. Thanks again this list ROCKS! Nora Lavelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060209/761df76a/attachment.htm
You may be using less then ideal phones. With a Polycom 501, I can't see you having voice quality issues, With a Sangoma or Digium card and a PRI the quality and functions of a Asterisk system are on par with most PBX's (I'd say they're above). It is a good solution for most companies, consider the ability to change features and expand only limited by your abilities (or those of consultants). For 200 people, you will probably need 40 channels, which will be two T1's, so start looking for a dual T1 card ( again Digium and Sangoma make excellent products). Hope this helps, there are thousands of systems running in companies of your size. I would recommend running two servers in a active/passive format and rsync them every hour (to a different directory). If the server blows up and kills the board you can easily switch over in a few seconds. It also makes upgrading easier,. Chad ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Nora Lavelle Sent: February 9, 2006 9:15 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Hi everyone ! So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my company has available. We are a small startup. I'm wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. So here are my questions: * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or should I just install the traditional pbx and look to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix person not a phone person so from a manageability perspective i would love this ) * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support about 200 people with the requirements above what hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? or would that have to be upgraded too ? If anyone is running an environment similar to this that can provide help I would really appreciate this. I'm having a hard time making this decision and would love to hear anybody's experience in a real time environment. Thanks again this list ROCKS! Nora Lavelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060209/046479e9/attachment.htm
Hi everyone ! So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my company has available. We are a small startup. I'm wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. [Kerry Garrison sayeth] The 841 is fine for testing but I would never put one on a clients desk. The sound quality is bottom of the barrel. Combine that with the TDM400 card and its a wonder anyone will use the phone system at all. Move up to the Linksys SPA941 or SPA942 or the Polycom 501 and then use a different interface such as the Mediatrix 1204 or a PRI and your users will be singing your praises till the end of time. So here are my questions: * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or should I just install the traditional pbx and look to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix person not a phone person so from a manageability perspective i would love this ) [Kerry Garrison sayeth] Asterisk is a great solution for your company and you will have many more benefits than the Northstar system. * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support about 200 people with the requirements above what hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? or would that have to be upgraded too ? [Kerry Garrison sayeth] You would want a beefier machine and at least one PRI. Its not the number of people, its the number of concurrent phone calls. I see businesses with 100 people and they average 5-7 concurrent calls and I have clients with 15 people that average 12-15 concurrent calls. If anyone is running an environment similar to this that can provide help I would really appreciate this. I'm having a hard time making this decision and would love to hear anybody's experience in a real time environment. [Kerry Garrison sayeth] My largest install is approaching 55 users, with the PRI and Polycom 501's they couldnt be happier. The system is on a nice 2.8ghz XEON system with 2gb of RAM and at peak times the server is basically idle. Thanks again this list ROCKS! Nora Lavelle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060209/894d436f/attachment.htm
Kerry is right on. We use a similar config in dozens of installs with 200 users and it just cruises. Consider adding a duplicate server for failover at some point. -----Original Message----- From: "Kerry Garrison" <support@techdatapros.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 06:57:32 To:"'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Hi everyone ! So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my company has available. We are a small startup. I'm wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. [Kerry Garrison sayeth] The 841 is fine for testing but I would never put one on a clients desk. The sound quality is bottom of the barrel. Combine that with the TDM400 card and its a wonder anyone will use the phone system at all. Move up to the Linksys SPA941 or SPA942 or the Polycom 501 and then use a different interface such as the Mediatrix 1204 or a PRI and your users will be singing your praises till the end of time. So here are my questions: * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or should I just install the traditional pbx and look to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix person not a phone person so from a manageability perspective i would love this ) [Kerry Garrison sayeth] Asterisk is a great solution for your company and you will have many more benefits than the Northstar system. * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support about 200 people with the requirements above what hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? or would that have to be upgraded too ? [Kerry Garrison sayeth] You would want a beefier machine and at least one PRI. Its not the number of people, its the number of concurrent phone calls. I see businesses with 100 people and they average 5-7 concurrent calls and I have clients with 15 people that average 12-15 concurrent calls. If anyone is running an environment similar to this that can provide help I would really appreciate this. I'm having a hard time making this decision and would love to hear anybody's experience in a real time environment. [Kerry Garrison sayeth] My largest install is approaching 55 users, with the PRI and Polycom 501's they couldnt be happier. The system is on a nice 2.8ghz XEON system with 2gb of RAM and at peak times the server is basically idle. Thanks again this list ROCKS! Nora Lavelle _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users Sent from my BlackBerry - please excuse any typos.
Thanks so much to all of you this has helped me out immensely ! Have a great day ! Nora -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of William Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:23 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Kerry is right on. We use a similar config in dozens of installs with 200 users and it just cruises. Consider adding a duplicate server for failover at some point. -----Original Message----- From: "Kerry Garrison" <support@techdatapros.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 06:57:32 To:"'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'"<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Hi everyone ! So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my company has available. We are a small startup. I'm wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. [Kerry Garrison sayeth] The 841 is fine for testing but I would never put one on a clients desk. The sound quality is bottom of the barrel. Combine that with the TDM400 card and its a wonder anyone will use the phone system at all. Move up to the Linksys SPA941 or SPA942 or the Polycom 501 and then use a different interface such as the Mediatrix 1204 or a PRI and your users will be singing your praises till the end of time. So here are my questions: * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or should I just install the traditional pbx and look to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix person not a phone person so from a manageability perspective i would love this ) [Kerry Garrison sayeth] Asterisk is a great solution for your company and you will have many more benefits than the Northstar system. * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support about 200 people with the requirements above what hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? or would that have to be upgraded too ? [Kerry Garrison sayeth] You would want a beefier machine and at least one PRI. Its not the number of people, its the number of concurrent phone calls. I see businesses with 100 people and they average 5-7 concurrent calls and I have clients with 15 people that average 12-15 concurrent calls. If anyone is running an environment similar to this that can provide help I would really appreciate this. I'm having a hard time making this decision and would love to hear anybody's experience in a real time environment. [Kerry Garrison sayeth] My largest install is approaching 55 users, with the PRI and Polycom 501's they couldnt be happier. The system is on a nice 2.8ghz XEON system with 2gb of RAM and at peak times the server is basically idle. Thanks again this list ROCKS! Nora Lavelle _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users Sent from my BlackBerry - please excuse any typos. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the specs on it ? If you want a system that can support 200 users you will need to do a lot better than that. Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent already) is the book that has come out a while back. I have it on my server at http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/ Regards, Dovid (I posted my server and not from the publisher becuase I do not know thier URL and I have email access only now.) --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote:> > Hi everyone ! > > So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a > decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution > or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my > company has available. We are a small startup. I'm > wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 > people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about > 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. > Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about > 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The > biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of > complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge > (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 > card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. > > So here are my questions: > > * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or > should I just install the traditional pbx and look > to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I > personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix > person not a phone person so from a manageability > perspective i would love this ) > > * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support > about 200 people with the requirements above what > hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm > guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium > card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? > or would that have to be upgraded too ? > > If anyone is running an environment similar to this > that can provide help I would really appreciate > this. I'm having a hard time making this decision > and would love to hear anybody's experience in a > real time environment. > > Thanks again this list ROCKS! > Nora Lavelle > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com > -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users>__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi Dovid, Thank you for the book. I'm already reading it. I have a dell 650 server, 1Gig of memory, 1 CPU (3.07Ghz). What hardware would you recommend for the 200 users w/ about 20 concurrent calls ? As always I thank you so much for your help. Nora Lavelle -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:02 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the specs on it ? If you want a system that can support 200 users you will need to do a lot better than that. Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent already) is the book that has come out a while back. I have it on my server at http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/ Regards, Dovid (I posted my server and not from the publisher becuase I do not know thier URL and I have email access only now.) --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote:> > Hi everyone ! > > So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a > decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution > or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my > company has available. We are a small startup. I'm > wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 > people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about > 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. > Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about > 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The > biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of > complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge > (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 > card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. > > So here are my questions: > > * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or > should I just install the traditional pbx and look > to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I > personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix > person not a phone person so from a manageability > perspective i would love this ) > > * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support > about 200 people with the requirements above what > hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm > guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium > card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? > or would that have to be upgraded too ? > > If anyone is running an environment similar to this > that can provide help I would really appreciate > this. I'm having a hard time making this decision > and would love to hear anybody's experience in a > real time environment. > > Thanks again this list ROCKS! > Nora Lavelle > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com > -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users>__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
P-3 Xeon 550 w/ 23 B-channels concurrent - 150 SIP clients: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 9712 asterisk 15 0 81556 11m 4392 S 18.9 0.4 11:19.06 asterisk CPU is overrated. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Amerman [mailto:sirfifer@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:28 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Sorry to disagree, but unless you are transcoding or have a significant AGI IVR or something, that server should be just fine. While I prefer a bigger server for most installs, it is not because it is needed, more of a, money well spent kind of thing. If you are transcoding and have an IVR, the picture is diferent. The box I have been using is the Dell 1850 with SCSI RAID. May be overkill for most applications, but it was under $2,000 so it made sense to me. Richard On 2/9/06, Nora Lavelle < nora@silverspringnet.com <mailto:nora@silverspringnet.com> > wrote: Hi Dovid, Thank you for the book. I'm already reading it. I have a dell 650 server, 1Gig of memory, 1 CPU ( 3.07Ghz). What hardware would you recommend for the 200 users w/ about 20 concurrent calls ? As always I thank you so much for your help. Nora Lavelle -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com <mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com> [mailto: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com <mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com> ] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:02 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the specs on it ? If you want a system that can support 200 users you will need to do a lot better than that. Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent already) is the book that has come out a while back. I have it on my server at http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/ <http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/> Regards, Dovid (I posted my server and not from the publisher becuase I do not know thier URL and I have email access only now.) --- Nora Lavelle < nora@silverspringnet.com <mailto:nora@silverspringnet.com> > wrote:> > Hi everyone ! > > So here's my question of the day ! I need to make a > decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution > or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my > company has available. We are a small startup. I'm > wanting a solution that will support up to about 200 > people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about > 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. > Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about > 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The > biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of > complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge > (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 > card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. > > So here are my questions: > > * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or > should I just install the traditional pbx and look > to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I > personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix > person not a phone person so from a manageability > perspective i would love this ) > > * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support > about 200 people with the requirements above what > hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm > guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium > card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? > or would that have to be upgraded too ? > > If anyone is running an environment similar to this > that can provide help I would really appreciate > this. I'm having a hard time making this decision > and would love to hear anybody's experience in a > real time environment. > > Thanks again this list ROCKS! > Nora Lavelle > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com <http://Easynews.com> > -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users <http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users>>__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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2006-Feb-10 08:43 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] asterisk 1.2.4,addons 1.2.1, ooh323 and freebsd
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Thanks everyone ! One more question if I do go with a PRI line. Will my existing TDM card from digium work or do I need to purchase a different card to handle this ? Thanks Nora Lavelle -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:34 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX I am sorry. I thought you wrote Dell 850. Should have looked closer. The machine should do just fine. However it would not hurt to ptu in another gig. Also see if anyone else on the list has used a 650 and what expiriences they have had. Regards, Dovid --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote:> > Hi Dovid, > > Thank you for the book. I'm already reading it. > > I have a dell 650 server, 1Gig of memory, 1 CPU > (3.07Ghz). What > hardware would you recommend for the 200 users w/ > about 20 concurrent > calls ? > > As always I thank you so much for your help. > > Nora Lavelle > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On > Behalf Of Dovid > Bender > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:02 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. > Traditional PBX > > I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the > specs on it ? If you want a system that can support > 200 users you will need to do a lot better than > that. > Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS > lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent > already) is the book that has come out a while back. > I > have it on my server at > http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/ > > Regards, > Dovid > (I posted my server and not from the publisher > becuase > I do not know thier URL and I have email access only > now.) > > --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone ! > > > > So here's my question of the day ! I need to make > a > > decision on whether or not to go to a voip > solution > > or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my > > company has available. We are a small startup. > I'm > > wanting a solution that will support up to about > 200 > > people, with direct dial-in capability, up to > about > > 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. > > Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about > > 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The > > biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of > > complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge > > (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 > > card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. > > > > So here are my questions: > > > > * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or > > should I just install the traditional pbx and look > > to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I > > personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix > > person not a phone person so from a manageability > > perspective i would love this ) > > > > * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to > support > > about 200 people with the requirements above what > > hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm > > guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different > digium > > card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? > > or would that have to be upgraded too ? > > > > If anyone is running an environment similar to > this > > that can provide help I would really appreciate > > this. I'm having a hard time making this decision > > and would love to hear anybody's experience in a > > real time environment. > > > > Thanks again this list ROCKS! > > Nora Lavelle > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by > Easynews.com > > -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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TDM cards are for terminating regular POTS lines (anything you could plug a regular phone into and have it work.) For a PRI you would need one of Digium's T1 interface cards. The TE110P is a great card if you need less than 23 channels. I can't recommend any other brands because I've never used them. _________________________ RYAN AMOS System Administrator FINETOOTH THE CONTRACT INTELLIGENCE COMPANY phone 512.637.3530 fax 512.637.3501 mobile 512.484.6577 email RAMOS@FINETOOTH.COM WWW.FINETOOTH.COM -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Nora Lavelle Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 2:52 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Thanks everyone ! One more question if I do go with a PRI line. Will my existing TDM card from digium work or do I need to purchase a different card to handle this ? Thanks Nora Lavelle -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:34 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX I am sorry. I thought you wrote Dell 850. Should have looked closer. The machine should do just fine. However it would not hurt to ptu in another gig. Also see if anyone else on the list has used a 650 and what expiriences they have had. Regards, Dovid --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote:> > Hi Dovid, > > Thank you for the book. I'm already reading it. > > I have a dell 650 server, 1Gig of memory, 1 CPU > (3.07Ghz). What > hardware would you recommend for the 200 users w/ > about 20 concurrent > calls ? > > As always I thank you so much for your help. > > Nora Lavelle > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On > Behalf Of Dovid > Bender > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:02 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. > Traditional PBX > > I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the > specs on it ? If you want a system that can support > 200 users you will need to do a lot better than > that. > Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS > lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent > already) is the book that has come out a while back. > I > have it on my server at > http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/ > > Regards, > Dovid > (I posted my server and not from the publisher > becuase > I do not know thier URL and I have email access only > now.) > > --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone ! > > > > So here's my question of the day ! I need to make > a > > decision on whether or not to go to a voip > solution > > or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my > > company has available. We are a small startup. > I'm > > wanting a solution that will support up to about > 200 > > people, with direct dial-in capability, up to > about > > 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. > > Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about > > 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The > > biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of > > complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge > > (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 > > card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. > > > > So here are my questions: > > > > * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or > > should I just install the traditional pbx and look > > to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I > > personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix > > person not a phone person so from a manageability > > perspective i would love this ) > > > > * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to > support > > about 200 people with the requirements above what > > hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm > > guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different > digium > > card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? > > or would that have to be upgraded too ? > > > > If anyone is running an environment similar to > this > > that can provide help I would really appreciate > > this. I'm having a hard time making this decision > > and would love to hear anybody's experience in a > > real time environment. > > > > Thanks again this list ROCKS! > > Nora Lavelle > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by > Easynews.com > > -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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Nora, You might want to research your options before buying. Digium and Sangoma both make higher-end cards that will work with a T1 or PRI. If you've got the money in the budget for this project then you might as well get the higher end card that has on-board echo cancellation. The Sangoma A104D card is especially power-packed as it also does some DSP on the card, saving CPU power. Ultimately it comes down to what you really need and can afford. The general consensus on the list is that Digium and Sangoma cards are extremely high quality- either one will suffice. Now you just need to decide on how many ports for your card... You never know when you might need to get a second T1 or PRI installed! -MC -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Cory Andrews Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:14 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX You'll need a TE110P Cory Andrews Purchasing Manager ++++++++++++++++++ VOIPSupply.com A Division of b2 Technologies 454 Sonwil Drive Buffalo, NY 14225 ++++++++++++++++++++ direct - 716.250.3402 mobile - 716.907.4054 email - Cory@VOIPSupply.com AIM - b2Cory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nora Lavelle" <nora@silverspringnet.com> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX Thanks everyone ! One more question if I do go with a PRI line. Will my existing TDM card from digium work or do I need to purchase a different card to handle this ? Thanks Nora Lavelle -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dovid Bender Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:34 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX I am sorry. I thought you wrote Dell 850. Should have looked closer. The machine should do just fine. However it would not hurt to ptu in another gig. Also see if anyone else on the list has used a 650 and what expiriences they have had. Regards, Dovid --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote:> > Hi Dovid, > > Thank you for the book. I'm already reading it. > > I have a dell 650 server, 1Gig of memory, 1 CPU > (3.07Ghz). What > hardware would you recommend for the 200 users w/ > about 20 concurrent > calls ? > > As always I thank you so much for your help. > > Nora Lavelle > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On > Behalf Of Dovid > Bender > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:02 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. > Traditional PBX > > I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the > specs on it ? If you want a system that can support > 200 users you will need to do a lot better than > that. > Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS > lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent > already) is the book that has come out a while back. > I > have it on my server at > http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/ > > Regards, > Dovid > (I posted my server and not from the publisher > becuase > I do not know thier URL and I have email access only > now.) > > --- Nora Lavelle <nora@silverspringnet.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone ! > > > > So here's my question of the day ! I need to make > a > > decision on whether or not to go to a voip > solution > > or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my > > company has available. We are a small startup. > I'm > > wanting a solution that will support up to about > 200 > > people, with direct dial-in capability, up to > about > > 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality. > > Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about > > 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The > > biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of > > complaints there. I have a dell 650 poweredge > > (single processory system), with a digium tdm400 > > card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. > > > > So here are my questions: > > > > * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or > > should I just install the traditional pbx and look > > to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I > > personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a unix > > person not a phone person so from a manageability > > perspective i would love this ) > > > > * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to > support > > about 200 people with the requirements above what > > hardware platform would you recommend ? I'm > > guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different > digium > > card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ? > > or would that have to be upgraded too ? > > > > If anyone is running an environment similar to > this > > that can provide help I would really appreciate > > this. I'm having a hard time making this decision > > and would love to hear anybody's experience in a > > real time environment. > > > > Thanks again this list ROCKS! > > Nora Lavelle > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by > Easynews.com > > -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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