[Asterisk-Users] Mini-PC box to run server

[Ashley Jones]

> Have you sucessfully run Asterisk on a ITX system??
> 
> I have heard that the processor in the ITX boards is not up to the job 
> of larger processing jobs.. The review I read said that the 900Mhz 
> processor had about the same processing power as a 500Mhz Intel processor..
> 
> Rememebr this is just what I have read, I haven't actually tested it 
> myself..
> 
> I guess if you use low overhead codecs (G.711) it will be OK but I 
> wonder how it will handle GSM, iLBC and G.729 codecs..

Yeah, for the record I have not run an * box on a VIA Eden processor. 
If power were a concern, then the not quite silent Shuttle's would be a 
good alternative:

	http://us.shuttle.com/ -> XPC Line

You can put a P4 2.3 Ghz w/ a gig of RAM and 400 Mhz front side bus in 
one of those.  Still has on board video & ethernet to keep your card 
count down.

-adj