For 150 phones I would suggest you dedicate a machine, mebbe a Core 2 Duo.<div><br></div><div>Voice quality on virtualized platforms is troublesome, hence not recommended for production usage.</div><div><br></div><div>Home usage for less then 2-5 phones it works perfectly fine in virtualized env.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Hiers, Richard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Richard.Hiers@covenantseminary.edu" target="_blank">Richard.Hiers@covenantseminary.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A point of clarification. The “get started video” on <a href="http://asterisk.org" target="_blank">asterisk.org</a> says that running asterisk on a virtual platform is a popular option. “Go for it!” the presenter says. However, the 2011 third edition of Asterisk, The Definitive Guide
says they don’t recommend it for production use, though many do so successfully. I also don’t find may recent discussions of this topic online.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t expect to need to use any special hardware, just a sip trunk over our broadband connection. We have about 150 phones at present. Is ESX a viable platform for us? And second, what is the recommended virtual configuration (mem,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Richard Hiers<br>
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Covenant Theological Seminary<br>
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