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 (not flash memory)
Capabilities/capacity
* No GUI, no X
* Register to multiple SIP servers
* There will be no PSTN
* No analog phones
* Small number of SIP devices will register - maybe 10 max
* Three simultaneous channels active
* Skype for Asterisk needs to run on this <- so this means x86, right?
Recommendations wanted
* What hardware
* What distro
* Which Asterisk version
Comments and suggestions welcome. This is going to be discussed on VUC
as well, so if you're comfortable with it, come on by: http://vuc.me
Thanks in advance,
/r
AsteriskNow is better On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Randy R <randulo2008 at 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, all parts separately) > * Low power consumption > * No fan or very small fan > * Hard drive (not flash memory) > > Capabilities/capacity > > * No GUI, no X > * Register to multiple SIP servers > * There will be no PSTN > * No analog phones > * Small number of SIP devices will register - maybe 10 max > * Three simultaneous channels active > * Skype for Asterisk needs to run on this <- so this means x86, right? > > Recommendations wanted > > * What hardware > * What distro > * Which Asterisk version > > Comments and suggestions welcome. This is going to be discussed on VUC > as well, so if you're comfortable with it, come on by: http://vuc.me > > Thanks in advance, > > /r > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-- PT. Mantenboshi Creative Indonesia Mobile : +62 899 721 3245 Tlp : +6221 - 57950702/03 Fax : +6221- 57950705 www.mtbintl.com In Cooperation with www.klikmytime.com Gunakan layanan i-Video, 3G Video content baru yg cool dan fun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20100614/2e645ffa/attachment.htm
> * Skype for Asterisk needs to run on this <- so this means x86, right?or x86_64 is fine -- Thanks, Phil
> 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 couldn't run another version you're more comfortable with. For 3 concurrent calls, even a machine of this spec might be overkill, but it's a good general-purpose server to have on-site at a remote location and might be useful for other things (general fileserver, rsync backup server, etc.). The eeeBox also has the advantage of being cheap (quite probably cheaper than smaller/lower power units), which means keeping a spare around in case of hardware failure isn't an unrealistic option. Regards, Chris
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 fan > * Hard drive (not flash memory) > > Capabilities/capacity > > * No GUI, no X > * Register to multiple SIP servers > * There will be no PSTN > * No analog phones > * Small number of SIP devices will register - maybe 10 max > * Three simultaneous channels active > * Skype for Asterisk needs to run on this <- so this means x86, right? > > Recommendations wanted > > * What hardware > * What distro > * Which Asterisk version > > Comments and suggestions welcome. This is going to be discussed on VUC > as well, so if you're comfortable with it, come on by: http://vuc.me > > Thanks in advance, > > /r > >We use the Acer AspireRevo AR1600-U910H in a lot of locations. It's enough to handle a few dozen remote office employees on a full asterisk install with transcoding. 160G hard drive, couple of gigs of ram (comes with 1), gigabit networking, and it's $200. We slap CentOS 5.X on there, and Asterisk 1.4.X (we don't do 1.6.X). It DOES have a fan, but it's a very VERY quiet fan. For pure fanless, you might try the Lenovo Q110, but it will run you a bit more (should come standard with 320G hd and 2G of ram, though). We love the Acer AspireRevos. I have one at home I use as a media centre, as well. N.
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.. I like this one, or its smaller brother: http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc2/fit-pc2i-specifications/
Also cheaper to replace flash card than hard drive. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Hans Witvliet Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:21 PM To: asterisk-users at 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 generates less warmth, hence less need for fan in the drive area. Also less noise.. I like this one, or its smaller brother: http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc2/fit-pc2i-specifications/ -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users