[asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

[Faraz Khan]

> Just think of a different alternative: If you consider the cost of a
> 24/32/48 FXS channel bank, vs. the cost of the PC used to driver it:
> just put a simple PC at that end of the campus and attach the Astribank
> to it.
>

A simple PC? Thats just asking for trouble. In my experience if this  
is an enterprise, you would need atleast a HP ML 150 with redundant  
PSU and Raid 5  + 1 spare disk, redundant fans EVERYWHERE! :)

Dont get me wrong. I think the idea of having a USB channel bank is  
great- but deployment in distributed or a 'campus' network would be  
very problematic compared to a quintum/grandstream SIP gateway  
(completely solid state / no pc required/ consumes little power)


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Faraz R Khan
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