Hello List:<br><br>Am a newbie planning to setup Asterisk for the first time. Planning to use PIII 550 Mhz with 256 or 512 MB Ram & 80 GB HDD. Please advise if the above configuration is ok for the application below...if not, please tell me what I need to have a comfortable system.
<br><br>I plan to install minimum CentOS 4.2 Server required with iptables, Samhain & Asterisk & associated programs. System will have no X/KDE/Gnome.<br><br>I require an expandable system with at least two/three VoIP ports (have 256 Kbps Async Adsl) and two POTS ports (am not using FXO/FXS anology because I may confuse myself at this stage) that I will plug into the office Analog EPABX's Telephone Lines ports.
<br><br>I need web based stats (if possible internal billing for each user in the office), recording of all VoIP calls, Fax on VoIP & VoIP to POTS (through EPABX..can spare extensions) & VoIP to GSM gateway (using FCT connected to the EPABX ) and an answering machine with user level prompts or any other configuration that will do these things.
<br><br>Please advise the hardware & softwares required/best suited to these jobs...I am assuming here that all this can be done by Asterisk....but from what I have researched in the last month, all this is possible but differences as to harware preffered & software extensions are there. Please let me have some of your insights that can make my job less of a trial.
<br><br>Also, I remember a RAD brochure saying 4k requirement for Voice Compression on its proprietory device (not VoIP but some sort of point to point device on leased lines), but during my research its 16k....are there no other better codecs?
<br><br>Please guide me.<br><br>With best regards.<br>Sanjay.<br><br>