[Asterisk-Users] Which box?

[asterisk]

At the moment I'm just trying to figure out how the technology works - 
sort of proof of concept.  Ideally, I'd like to move my business to such 
an environment
at which time I'd definitely put the package on a dedicated box.

Dunc

Alistair Cunningham wrote:

> Dunc,
>
> Depends on the environment you run it in.
>
> If this is main telephony system for a business, then a dedicated 
> machine is highly desirable, and you may also want to think about 
> redundancy and failover.
>
> If it's for your own personal use, or it's a development machine, then 
> it can co-exist with other software with no problems.
>
> Alistair Cunningham,
> Integrics Ltd,
> Telephony, Database, Unix consulting worldwide
> +44 (0)7870 699 479
> http://integrics.com/
>
>
> asterisk wrote:
>
>> I'm sure this is a stupid question, but I'm not finding an answer 
>> anywhere.  Do I need a dedicated box to run asterisk, or can I put in 
>> my server (running Fedora) and leverage some of the free cpu cycles 
>> and disk space?  Thanks,
>