[asterisk-users] Dimensioning a 50 sip phone installation

[Leo Ann Boon]

Erick Perez wrote:
> what if I go with full g711-no transcoding?
> remember that I will have an E1 coming in, so my usage can be up to 30
> channels at once.
> if that is an overkill machine config, and for obvious reasons I cant
> use old hardware, what are your suggestions?
I would suggest you go for a box that has redundant PSU. Most 1U boxes 
can't support redundant PSUs.

IMHO, a 2U industrial PC with a single dual-core Pentium Dxxx 2.8GHz+ 
(or Xeon 3xxx) with hotswap RAID-1 HDD and PSU would be more than 
enough. I generally prefer 2U over 1U, because it's easier to cool and 
there's space to accommodate PCI cards of various sizes.

Leo