[asterisk-users] Need to find small footprint asterisk platform

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 06:20:20PM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote:
> > One of the more common embedded platforms for Asterisk is the Soekris
> > net5501 (or 4501 if you don't need as much processing power)
> 
> Agreed. Though, given the Asus eeeBox (1.6Ghz Atom) can be had for 
> almost the same money (Soekris stuff isn't cheap in the UK) and is 
> about the same footprint, it might be worth considering that instead 
> if you don't need ISDN or POTS connectivity.
> 
> I've done a few Asterisk-based eeeBoxes over the last few weeks and 
> been very impressed with them.

In fact, with a netbook I suspect you'd be paying quite a sum for the
display. Both in the price and in the heat consumption. 

There are plenty of small form-factor boxes out there.

I'm using an ALiX board at home (I have it connected to an Astribank,
naturally. But I get the latter for free :-). A nice and small unit. Has
a serial port console. Can run any standard Linux distribution (mine
runs Debian Lenny on a 4GB SD card).


Another option is a small box such a http://www.fit-pc.com/new/ (Fit-PC2. 
There are plenty of other similar boxes). It does have a (USB)
keyboard output and a screen output. But not a screen. A nice little
server box.

There are plenty of systems based on Atom, Via or Geode CPUs. This area
has become quite popular.

But then again, there are CPUs beyond x86. Here's one example:

The SheevaPlug also seems an interesting option. An SDK sells for 100$
(well, 99$, but who counts?). I hope to get one soon and see how well it
performs.
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-sheevaplugdetails.aspx
http://www.cyrius.com/journal/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/nslu2-killer

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