[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX

[Dovid Bender]

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 at 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-----
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> 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 at 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
> > 
> > 
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