I've read through the Wiki, I know its hard to nail down hardware requirements because it really depends on what you are going to do. I'm very new to Asterisk, haven't even read my Asterisk for Dummies book yet (its in the mail). Can you tell me if this sounds sane? We are planning on using a Dell 933Mhz dual CPU server, with 1GB of ram for our Trixbox setup. We will have 7-10 internal phones, and maybe 3-4 max outbound connections at a time. We will have some type of menu system for inbound callers. At this point I'm planning on connecting to a SIP provider over the internet for service. Do you think the hardware is adequate? If there's a chance its not enough horsepower I want to find a different server. Thanks much, -Ryan
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:07:54 -0500, Ryan Stille wrote:>I've read through the Wiki, I know its hard to nail down hardware >requirements because it really depends on what you are going to do. I'm >very new to Asterisk, haven't even read my Asterisk for Dummies book yet >(its in the mail).>Can you tell me if this sounds sane? We are planning on using a Dell >933Mhz dual CPU server, with 1GB of ram for our Trixbox setup. We will >have 7-10 internal phones, and maybe 3-4 max outbound connections at a >time. We will have some type of menu system for inbound callers. At >this point I'm planning on connecting to a SIP provider over the >internet for service. Do you think the hardware is adequate? If >there's a chance its not enough horsepower I want to find a different >server.>Thanks much, >-RyanThis will serve your needs very well. I have a comparable installation running on mush lesser hardware; H-P T5700 Thin Client (aka 1 GHz Crusoe processor, 256 MB RAM, no HD) Of course I don't use Trixbox, I use Astlinux so that my "server" is more like an appliance. The largest issue your face will be mating an FXO card with the server. Some are very sensitive to PCI/IRQ issues. Michael
Ryan, For under 10 simultaneous calls, sounds sane. And for internal calls, as long as you use the same codec and there isn't a bunch of transcoding and/or processing going on, it's not really a big deal. If you try to take the same codec from the SIP trunking provider you're going to use, it's an even smaller deal. But even without those benefits, you should be good. Cheers, -- Alex -- Alex Balashov <sasha@presidium.org>
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:07:54 -0500, Ryan Stille wrote:>I've read through the Wiki, I know its hard to nail down hardware >requirements because it really depends on what you are going to do. I'm >very new to Asterisk, haven't even read my Asterisk for Dummies book yet >(its in the mail).>Can you tell me if this sounds sane? We are planning on using a Dell >933Mhz dual CPU server, with 1GB of ram for our Trixbox setup. We will >have 7-10 internal phones, and maybe 3-4 max outbound connections at a >time. We will have some type of menu system for inbound callers. At >this point I'm planning on connecting to a SIP provider over the >internet for service. Do you think the hardware is adequate? If >there's a chance its not enough horsepower I want to find a different >server.Oops. Missed the reference to the SIP provider. No FXO issues to worry about then. You should be golden. Michael
Hi Ryan, Probably better to post this in the Trixbox forum but to answer your question - yep sounds fine. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd dean@cognation.net +1-212-203-4357 Ph> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Stille > Sent: Friday, 13 April 2007 6:08 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [asterisk-users] Hardware requirements question > > I've read through the Wiki, I know its hard to nail down hardware > requirements because it really depends on what you are going to do.I'm> very new to Asterisk, haven't even read my Asterisk for Dummies bookyet> (its in the mail). > > Can you tell me if this sounds sane? We are planning on using a Dell > 933Mhz dual CPU server, with 1GB of ram for our Trixbox setup. Wewill> have 7-10 internal phones, and maybe 3-4 max outbound connections at a > time. We will have some type of menu system for inbound callers. At > this point I'm planning on connecting to a SIP provider over the > internet for service. Do you think the hardware is adequate? If > there's a chance its not enough horsepower I want to find a different > server. > > Thanks much, > -Ryan > > > _______________________________________________ > --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
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Ryan Stille wrote:> I've read through the Wiki, I know its hard to nail down hardware > requirements because it really depends on what you are going to do. I'm very > new to Asterisk, haven't even read my Asterisk for Dummies book yet (its in > the mail). > > Can you tell me if this sounds sane? We are planning on using a Dell 933Mhz > dual CPU server, with 1GB of ram for our Trixbox setup. We will have 7-10 > internal phones, and maybe 3-4 max outbound connections at a time. We will > have some type of menu system for inbound callers. At this point I'm > planning on connecting to a SIP provider over the internet for service. Do > you think the hardware is adequate? If there's a chance its not enough > horsepower I want to find a different server.The hardwares more than adequate, although I'd suggest compiling a custom kernel if you can though to make sure you get full use of the SMP system. I'm guessing that a dual cpu 933MHz system is quite old though. Pay particular care to the life-time of components that age badly - eg. PSUs (electrolytic capacitors, etc), disk drives, fan bearings and so on, especially if this is going to be mission critical. FWIW: I run a single cpu 1GHz systems with, and don't have any issues handling 30 calls (no transcoding, no disks) You might need to make sure you get the ztdummy module loaded which will give you a timing source for MeetMe, etc. Gordon
On Saturday 14 April 2007 00:52, asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com wrote:> Can you tell me if this sounds sane? ?We are planning on using a Dell > 933Mhz dual CPU server, with 1GB of ram for our Trixbox setup. ?We > will have 7-10 internal phones, and maybe 3-4 max outbound > connections at a time. ?We will have some type of menu system for > inbound callers. ?At this point I'm planning on connecting to a SIP > provider over the internet for service. ?Do you think the hardware is > adequate? ?If there's a chance its not enough horsepower I want to > find a different server.I'm not an expert, but I'd say that this is pretty much spot-on for what you're trying to do. We've deployed systems before with twice the number of extensions and half the horsepower with no problems. -- Charles Ulrich Ideal Solution, LLC -- http://www.idealso.com