[Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box

[Adthrawn]

Hi,

I'm interested in participating on the embedded side. One of our R&D 
labs is working on a number of embedded server solutions, including 
servers that are built around a 3" square PCB, linked to a 2" square 
PCB with a compact flash interface. It's robust, and up to military 
standards (but it's within the civilian domain, so there are no 
import/export restrictions).

I'm looking to build a solution, with a custom Linux dist  (that's not 
my domain, so I'm looking forward for other people to take this up!), 
which can be built into a number of sizes:

- 1u 19" rackmount, but only 400mm deep, so circa that of a router or a 
switch. Think -> Cisco
- 1u 8.5" rackmount, mini-Lan cabinets for residential applications
- 3u 19" rackmount, only 400mm, but with front loading for drives, 
compact flash (two interfaces for swapping Asterisk loads) and LCD 
status or LED status
  (basically, enough room inside to have two PSU's for redundancy and 
space for two or three E1/T1 PRI boards.
- Robust IP66 grade outdoor unit - for emergency applications, and for 
temporary backup solutions

We have the capability to manufacture these - so I see potential in 
developing some robust solutions for the small-biz, and even medium-biz 
markets.

Contact me offlist for specific's, or onlist for more group-orientated 
specifics.

Ad.


On 15 Jan 2004, at 7:10 pm, asterisk-users-request at lists.digium.com 
wrote:

> Message: 14
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box
> From: Nicolas Gudino <nicolas at house.com.ar>
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Organization: House Internet S.R.L.
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:52:43 -0300
> Reply-To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>
> On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 14:31, Chris Albertson wrote:
>> I'm looking to do about the same thing, build very low cost
>> systems.  (I'm looking at putting Asterisk at some
>> non-profit organizations.)   but one thing you can't make
>> a compromise on is reliabilty.  It has to work and keep working
>> for years to come.  I was able to keep the price of a new PC
>> to about $300 ad still use an ASUS mainboard and an AMD XP2600+
>> The trick is to add absolutly nothing not needed.  No floppy,
>> no CDROM so you can run off a 200W P/S.  Next I'll experiment
>> with a notebook sized IDE disk drives and to see if _underclocking_
>> the CPU reduces it's power comsumption enough that we can save
>> one fan.
>
> I'm also looking at this. I was thinking on a system without a hard
> drive, booting from a pendrive or flashdive. I want to avoid moving
> parts, they always break or get dirty and are noisy. If there are other
> people working on this, we might join efforts and work together and 
> came
> up with a small linux version with asterisk included, that can boot 
> from
> a pendrive or a cdrom.
>
> -- 
> Nicolas Gudino <nicolas at house.com.ar>
> House Internet S.R.L.