Just remembered that pfsense runs on FreeBSD, so I no longer think of running
both Asterisk/FreeBSD on the same box. All other requirements remain the same.
Thanks,
Bruce
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 14:39:03 -0400
> Subject: [on-asterisk] Hardware suggestion needed for Asterisk
>
>
> Good Afternoon Everyone,
>
>
> I am probably day dreaming again and this may not exist but if you have had
> experience doing something like this, I'd really like to hear from you.
>
> 1- I am looking for fan-less hardware to support both Asterisk and Pfsense at
> the same on the same box. The catch with this is that I would also like to
> put in a Sangoma PCI or PCIe card in the box as well for backing up the
> Analogue lines along with the SIP trunks.
>
>
> 2- I am not sure how the backup and Voicemail would happen if this box is to
> only take a FLASH card. Maybe a better option would be a 2.5" SATA drive or I
> can compromise that for an external USB drive but I really don't know if it's
> feasible to run Asterisk smoothly on a box like this.
>
> Requirements:
>
> MUST:
> -Small box size.
> -Support at least one PCI or PCIe for a card size of A200D from Sangoma
> (standard PCI/PCIe size card)
> -4 10/100 or better yet 10/100/1000 NICs for dual WAN, load balancing, PPoE,
> etc...
> -VGA output
> -AC adapter rather than internal power supply which may fail.
> -Support for i386 structure - no surprises of driver support, asterisk, or
> pfsense not support. This should be just like any regular i386 computer or
> i686.
> -Support TWO 2.5" SATA drives (for RAID) - or maybe I can settle for 1 SATA
> drive and backup to external USB or maybe support for two FLASH card (for
> RAID).
>
> Not MUST but BONUS:
> -Fanless chassis/board for quieter operations. There is no need for a high
> performance video card on it.
> -Wireless g/b/n would be amazing.
> -KVM over IP - Some magical mini PCI card or maybe over serial? that gives
> the ability to re-image the box in case of total software failure.
>
>
> And no, I am NOT looking for a computer. But even if I were, I can't probably
> find something that would support a PCIe card and be small format.
>
> Do this exist?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce
