FreePBX or AAH(aka trixbox) requires 256MB of RAM minimum to run properly. Just sitting there doing nothing on my test system it is using 170MB.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Lachek Butalek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:27 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Easiest (best?) linux > distribution for dedicatedAsterisk box? > > While it's not the way I do it personally, I've been told the > absolutely easiest setup is [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is based on > CentOS so security updates should be coming down at a decent > pace and I imagine this could be set up to occur > automatically. At that point, you pretty much have a > fire-and-forget Asterisk install with most of the bells and whistles. > > My personal choice is Slackware - combined with a 3rd party > package managing tool called Swaret you can set up a very > slim, simple and secure box in a very short amount of time > and have do security patch deployments automatically, much > like CentOS/Redhat/etc. I'm personally running Asterisk with > FreePBX on an Apple PowerMac G3 266MHz using Slackintosh, > with great results so far. > > Your system should be fine, though I'd probably dump some > more RAM into it if I were you - especially if you want to > run [EMAIL PROTECTED], which uses a MySQL database and the Apache > webserver, among other things. > > On 6/13/06, John Klimek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First off, I'm sorry for sending so many messages to the list-serv. > > Hopefully this will be my last for a while! > > > > I was going to use my WRT54G router as a small Asterisk box, but I > > forgot that I had a spare eMachines computer (Intel Celeron > 633 MHz, > > 20GB HD, 64mb RAM). Will this machine work OK for a very simple > > dedicated home Asterisk box? > > > > Also, what is easiest linux distribution to use and install? All I > > want is a simple Asterisk box that I can telnet into and have > > voicemail, music-on-hold (MP3), etc... > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
