[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX

Fri Feb 10 14:28:27 MST 2006

Nora,

You might want to research your options before buying.  Digium and
Sangoma both make higher-end cards that will work with a T1 or PRI.  If
you've got the money in the budget for this project then you might as
well get the higher end card that has on-board echo cancellation.  The
Sangoma A104D card is especially power-packed as it also does some DSP
on the card, saving CPU power.  Ultimately it comes down to what you
really need and can afford.  The general consensus on the list is that
Digium and Sangoma cards are extremely high quality- either one will
suffice.

Now you just need to decide on how many ports for your card... You never
know when you might need to get a second T1 or PRI installed!

-MC

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Cory
Andrews
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX

You'll need a TE110P

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nora Lavelle" <nora at silverspringnet.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX

Thanks everyone !

One more question if I do go with a PRI line. Will my existing TDM card
from digium work or do I need to purchase a different card to handle
this ?

Thanks
Nora Lavelle

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dovid
Bender
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:34 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX

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-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On
> 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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