[asterisk-users] Asterisk on a MiniITX board+Atom1.6 2gb+Sangoma USB?

[Hans Witvliet]

On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 06:43 -0600, Michael Graves wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:44:02 +0000, veselin at campbell-lange.net wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >does this sound as a good combination, mini-itx board with Atom
> >dual core 1.6ghz 2G ram and a sangoma USB?
> >
> >For a setup with PSTN for incoming and IAX2(alaw/gsm) for outgoing calls.
> >
> >- Would you say its a good choice from a hardware perspective?
> >- Roughly how many concurrent calls would one of these be able to handle?
> 
> Probably as much as your bandwidth can handle. Check ont the voip wiki
> (http://www.voip-info.org) and use the search term "dimensioning."
> You'll find lots of older references to systems running at 400 MHz - 1
> GHz passing many calls as long as they don't transcode between codecs.
> 
> I myself have a little FIT-PC2 that I'm starting to use for Asterisk.
> It's basically a netbook, like the hardware you describe, but tiny and
> very low power. Ideal for a small office or home office.
> 
> Michael
> --

Hi Michael,

Still waiting for my fit2pc to arrive.
Any experience yet on the box?
What do you plan to use: ubuntu-lpia, centos, other? 
For me it's too bad that there isn't something like an isdn-ata, as the
small box has no pci-slot and i'm still stuck with my isdn-line.

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