I'm interested in participating on the embedded side. One of our R&D labs is working on a number of embedded server solutions, including servers that are built around a 3" square PCB, linked to a 2" square PCB with a compact flash interface. It's robust, and up to military standards (but it's within the civilian domain, so there are no import/export restrictions).
I'm looking to build a solution, with a custom Linux dist (that's not my domain, so I'm looking forward for other people to take this up!), which can be built into a number of sizes:
- 1u 19" rackmount, but only 400mm deep, so circa that of a router or a switch. Think -> Cisco
- 1u 8.5" rackmount, mini-Lan cabinets for residential applications
- 3u 19" rackmount, only 400mm, but with front loading for drives, compact flash (two interfaces for swapping Asterisk loads) and LCD status or LED status
(basically, enough room inside to have two PSU's for redundancy and space for two or three E1/T1 PRI boards.
- Robust IP66 grade outdoor unit - for emergency applications, and for temporary backup solutions
We have the capability to manufacture these - so I see potential in developing some robust solutions for the small-biz, and even medium-biz markets.
Contact me offlist for specific's, or onlist for more group-orientated specifics.
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On 15 Jan 2004, at 7:10 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Message: 14 Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box From: Nicolas Gudino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: House Internet S.R.L. Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:52:43 -0300 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 14:31, Chris Albertson wrote:I'm looking to do about the same thing, build very low cost systems. (I'm looking at putting Asterisk at some non-profit organizations.) but one thing you can't make a compromise on is reliabilty. It has to work and keep working for years to come. I was able to keep the price of a new PC to about $300 ad still use an ASUS mainboard and an AMD XP2600+ The trick is to add absolutly nothing not needed. No floppy, no CDROM so you can run off a 200W P/S. Next I'll experiment with a notebook sized IDE disk drives and to see if _underclocking_ the CPU reduces it's power comsumption enough that we can save one fan.
I'm also looking at this. I was thinking on a system without a hard
drive, booting from a pendrive or flashdive. I want to avoid moving
parts, they always break or get dirty and are noisy. If there are other
people working on this, we might join efforts and work together and came
up with a small linux version with asterisk included, that can boot from
a pendrive or a cdrom.
-- Nicolas Gudino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> House Internet S.R.L.
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