[asterisk-users] OT - Which rackable case for mini-ITX boards ?

[Alan Lord]

--[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> From what people have said Asterisk does not require a huge amount of memory or CPU then ? I only have a couple of extensions.  Running the G729 codec and will look at the Octava software for the PSTN to reduce echo.
> 
> Regards,
> 

It doesn't seem so to me. For a home office scenario at least. I have a 
VIA CN700 that I have downclocked to 1Ghz, it has 1G of RAM (A single 
stick of DDR2) but it runs *a lot of stuff* as well as Asterisk and I 
have not experienced any issues.

The OS is a custom built Linux based on Linux from Scratch (it enables 
you to build only what you need and compile for the particular hardware 
of your choice).

On this little box I have Asterisk, Tomcat (running the Chandler 
Calendar Server, and some apps that we use for testing such as Open 
Bravo and Concourse Suite CRM), Apache, MySQL and PostgreSQL, Samba 
(acts as a file server for our home network), and other stuff I have 
probably forgotten. I measure uptime in months and the usual reason for 
a restart is due to me playing (breaking) or power failures.

My home telephony network consists of a trio of Siemens S685IP SIP/DECT 
phones, two IAX trunks (one to my business partner's home office 
Asterisk and one to my telephony provider, and a single X100P for a PSTN 
backup line should the IP services die (I'd recommend using OSLEC for 
this kind of card - the EC is excellent).

This is the Mobo I chose: http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11212

You can read more on my blog (in my sig below) by clicking on the 
Asterisk tag for example.

Cheers

Al

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