[Freeswitch-users] suggestions for hardware.

[Eliot Gable]

I have built some low-wattage systems before, and from what I have
seen, you want to stay away from the low-wattage processors. On a
price per performance per watt scale, the lowest wattage Core 2 Duo
processors are the best bet. I have a logic-supply ITX system here at
home that has a VIA processor in it and it is dirt slow. It cost about
$350 - $400. It sucks about 5W max, according to my Watt meter but it
takes forever to do anything. Compiling FreeSWITCH on it is an
absolute nightmare (it takes hours). I have an alternate MicroATX
system with a Core 2 Duo and it pulls about 15W all the time. If I
compile FreeSWITCH on that system, it takes a few minutes. The Core 2
Duo system was bought about 6 months after the VIA system. The Core 2
Duo cost about $270 for everything, including 2 GB of RAM. The amount
of money saved by running the VIA system at 5W is nowhere close to the
inconvenience of waiting for it to do anything. Also, I had to go
through about 5-6 different Linux distributions before I found one
that would actually install on the VIA processor. I think Suse Linux
was the one that finally worked on it. Tried CentOS, Slackware,
Ubuntu, Debian, and a couple of others.

Now, I have not tried the Atom processor, so it could be very
different. However, I have read the Tom's Hardware review that also
showed that the Core 2 Duo was several times better on the price per
performance per watt scale than the Atom processor, and again, it was
mainly because the Atom processor took so much longer to do anything.


On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Orien Love <orien at tx.rr.com> wrote:
> First of all, Thanks to the help I received on my pfSense installation,
> especially to Michael.  I have a basic test system up and running. I am
> still waiting on some hardware but the base system is working!!!!
>
> I am looking on advice on how to set up a simple office PBX, 20 phones
> and 4 outside lines.with 2 or 3 "operator" phones and the rest will be
> extensions.
>
> Here is my plan, please let me know if it does not make sense, or if I
> am going about it
>
> System Hardware
>  4 spa3000's to handle the outside lines.
>  2-3 polycom 601 phones with expansion modules (Operator phones)
>  18 polycom 330 or other phones for desks.
>  2-24 port cisco POE switches
>  1 pfSense server.
>
> System Design.
>
>  Extension Numbers 2xx
>  Outside line access 1xxxxxxxxxx
>  groups 3xx
>  auto-attendent ???
>
> here are my questions
>    #1 will a 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom 230 single core 533 Mhz FSB and 2 GB of
> memory handle this proposed system? (Here is the MB I am thing of using
> MSI 609-9832-010 http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832_010)
>    #2 how do I pool my spa 3000 FXO lines so that the outgoing calls
> use the first available line? also how do insure that metro (non long
> distance) calls go to a specific line if available?
>
> I have learned a lot on how to set up Polycom 601 phones, I am planning
> on writing a how to document, is there any specific format?
>
> Thanks Orien
>
>
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