[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. Traditional PBX

[Dovid Bender]

I think your problem is the Dell 650. What are the
specs on it ? If you want a system that can support
200 users you will need to do a lot better than that.
Also you will be dealing with T1's/E1's and not POTS
lines. I think a good place to start (if you havent
already) is the book that has come out a while back. I
have it on my server at http://www.h6315.com/ast_book/

Regards,
Dovid
(I posted my server and not from the publisher becuase
I do not know thier URL and I have email access only
now.)

--- Nora Lavelle <nora at silverspringnet.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone ! 
> 
> So here's my question of the day !  I need to make a
> decision on whether or not to go to a voip solution
> or configure an existing pbx (norstar) that my
> company has available.  We are a small startup. I'm
> wanting a solution that will support up to about 200
> people, with direct dial-in capability, up to about
> 30 concurrent phone calls and good voice quality.
> Right now I have an asterisk deployment with about
> 15 people on it. We have sipura 841 phones. The
> biggest issue currently is voice quality. lot of
> complaints there.  I have a dell 650 poweredge
> (single processory system), with a digium tdm400
> card and 4 analog lines plugged into it. 
> 
> So here are my questions: 
> 
> * Is asterisk a good solution for my company ? or
> should I just install the traditional pbx and look
> to move to asterisk in a couple of years ? (I
> personally would prefer asterisk cuz I'm a  unix
> person not a phone person so from a manageability
> perspective i would love this ) 
> 
> * If I were to go to an asterisk solution to support
> about 200 people with the requirements above what
> hardware platform would you recommend ?  I'm
> guessing I'd need a PRI line and a different digium
> card? Also would a 1cpu poweredge dell be enough ?
> or would that have to be upgraded too ?  
> 
> If anyone is running an environment similar to this
> that can provide help I would really appreciate
> this. I'm having a hard time making this decision
> and would love to hear anybody's experience in a
> real time environment. 
> 
> Thanks again this list ROCKS! 
> Nora Lavelle
> 
> 
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