[Asterisk-Users] Computing horsepower needed

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

> There is a _good_ reason to ask too.  I've been experimenting
> I buy new
> equipment but I'm still looking to reduce power, heat, noise and
> space to the bare minimum.  No need to buy a CPU that burns
> 120W of power if you can use a one that uses 45W and
> lets you get rid of one of the fans.  Same with disk drives.
> More RAM might let you use a low noise/low heat drive rather then
> that 7200RM noise maker.  I'd like to be able to install a
> notebook sized drive on the * server.

No, actually that's a terrible reason to ask.  If you are unfamiliar with * 
you have no business trying to optimize your system.  This is typical early 
optimization that plagues any design or deployment.

Just learning * is NOT the place to try and cut corners and save some coin.  
Get it working, get familiar with it and THEN see where your specific needs 
are and optimize for them.  

Early optimization is a problem everywhere, not just in programming.

Regards,
Andrew