[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk with Gentoo

[Alastair Maw]

On 22/10/03 08:37, WipeOut wrote:

> You should build you Asterisk box as a dedicated system not as a desktop 
> with and Asterisk server built in.. :)

This is certainly true for production use. However, I'm also happily 
running Asterisk for development and testing on my desktop machine under 
Gentoo, running Eclipse, Mozilla, X, OpenOffice, etc. There's no reason 
you shouldn't do this. If you want it to be able to handle higher loads 
and be less prone to breaking up audio when the box is under load, just 
nice the Asterisk process to some low value when you start it so it gets 
prioritized over X, etc. I'm also running some custom Java-based SIP IVR 
software on the same production server as the Asterisk+E400P that routes 
PSTN calls to it, which is working well.

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Alastair Maw
Systems Analyst - MX Telecom
http://www.mxtelecom.com