[TriLUG] voip -- 2 lines/2 extensions, what hardware is needed?

[H Brett Bolen]

I have two phones lines + broadband coming into my house, and would
like to use asterisk for voice mail, maybe some other features.

How much cpu/memory do I need to run just two lines with voicemail?

I'm looking at the digum hardware.  I also have an old dialogic
card collecting dust in the attic.  I think it is the d21
(non d) version which has mu-law and a-law codecs, but I don't know
if it is supported.

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Jon Carnes wrote:


> 
> Don't be afraid to download, install, and play with Asterisk.  It's
> quite powerful.  Note though that Asterisk needs lots of CPU in order to
> function as a decent phone switch.  A 1Ghz box with lots of RAM and a
> SCSI HD could probably handle 5 phones, whereas a 2GHz box could
> probably handle 20 phones... It scales well, but does need CPU in order
> to function nicely under load.
> 
> The highest load, seems to be from VoiceMail/AutoAttendent activities;
> servicing these seems to need very fast CPU and a SCSI disk subsystem.
> The actual phone connections don't require very much processing power in
> order to sustain the connections.
> 
> Let me know if you have any other questions!
> 
> Jon Carnes
> 


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-- H Brett Bolen
-- TCNi
-- Phone: 919 550-0828
-- eFax : 443 535-8531