[Asterisk-Users] VoIP-to-TDM processing on-card?

[Steve Clark]

Steven Critchfield wrote:
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> 
> Right now, I don't think there is any support for other codecs on TDM
> cards. There is however discussions about using GPUs for codecs though.
> 
> When it comes down to it, reasonable hardware should handle decent
> amounts of codec translations. If you are trying to stuff more than the
> suggested amount of TE hardware in a box and do codec translation, then
> you need to rethink the cost of failure. If you are dependant on 12 T1s
> (value pulled from thin air, not necessarily related), You should see
> about spitting it out over 3 boxes so at most you only lose 4 T1s at a
> time. For most companies that rely on the phones, losing 1/3rd of the
> production is pretty expensive, losing  all of production is not
> tolerable. Any card that does the codec translation for you will
> probably make you more likely to consolidate too many interfaces into
> one machine.
> 

You are correct there is no tdm processing done on the sangoma card, but it does 
handle all the communications protocol on the board unlike the digium cards.

Steve
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