Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
I guess /tmp can live in RAM, but what about eg. recording ten-twenty WAV files to /var a day, and logs into /var/log? Do I have to worry about the card wearing out in six months? This is nothing really. Just make sure your using an industrial compact flash card. These support 1-2 million cycles where many of the retail cards only support 100,000 cycles. We also greatly limit the logs being generated. Writing logs files creates many times more write cycles than voicemail ever could. If your concerned about logs use syslog to send them to an external system. I'm not sure I understand the need for the PCI card to be perpendicular to the board. So I can use a flatter box. Then you don't want it perpendicular you want it parallel. The systems I'm using and even the e140 do this. There is a short riser card that plugs into the PCI slot on the board. The PCI card then plugs into this riser which allows the PCI card to be parallel to the motherboard. The cases I use are 12.5 by 10.5 by 2 so you can see that is a pretty thin box. John ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Is the PCI slot large enough for full height, half length PCI boards ? Yes. Has you heard of a PCI Express version ? No but the way chipsets are coming down in price, I would imagine someone will have it soon. John ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:55:38 -0600, John Faubion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The newer CF cards are making this nearly a mute point. Seems like I provide updated software often enough that I never have CF cards wear out. I guess /tmp can live in RAM, but what about eg. recording ten-twenty WAV files to /var a day, and logs into /var/log? Do I have to worry about the card wearing out in six months? I'm not sure I understand the need for the PCI card to be perpendicular to the board. So I can use a flatter box. Thanks. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Hi, 2007/11/30, John Faubion [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the tip. It seems like they no longer manufacture them: http://www.neoware.com/products/hardware/ No, but the Neoware e140 has a PCI expansion slot, is expandable to 1GB RAM, and still has room inside the case for a hard drive. It is available without Win XPe starting at $339 new. The prices on these are coming down. Is the PCI slot large enough for full height, half length PCI boards ? Has you heard of a PCI Express version ? Regards ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:06:38 -0600, John Faubion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many of the thin clients fit the bill nicely. I've been using MaxSpeed MaxTerm clients lately. Thanks for the tip. It seems like they no longer manufacture them: http://www.neoware.com/products/hardware/ I'll look in the archives of the list to see what people have posted about this. I'd really like to come up with a compact solution, ideally: - Fan-less, compact motherboard - hard-disk (so I don't have to tweek Linux making too many writes and wear down the CF card) - a PCI card installed at an 90° angle (I prefer to use a PCI card instead of an external FXO gateway) I bought a Via motherboard in a compact case once, but 500E is a bit pricey. once Thanks. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Thanks for the tip. It seems like they no longer manufacture them: http://www.neoware.com/products/hardware/ No, but the Neoware e140 has a PCI expansion slot, is expandable to 1GB RAM, and still has room inside the case for a hard drive. It is available without Win XPe starting at $339 new. The prices on these are coming down. - Fan-less, compact motherboard While some of these thin clients have fans, many of them only run the fan when set horizontally and thus don't have the advantage of heat induced air flow. - hard-disk (so I don't have to tweek Linux making too many writes and wear down the CF card) The newer CF cards are making this nearly a mute point. Seems like I provide updated software often enough that I never have CF cards wear out. We format a new image for the customer and send out a new card. They take a couple of minutes to power down the system, swap out the card and boot up on the new load. When done they return the old card to us for recycling and get a $10 credit. - a PCI card installed at an 90° angle (I prefer to use a PCI card instead of an external FXO gateway) I'm not sure I understand the need for the PCI card to be perpendicular to the board. I prefer the flatter box since they mount to a wall well and provide a nice compact installation. John ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:14:15 +0100, Giuseppe Barichello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian variant). Very nice :-) I'd rather use a PCI card to connect * to the POTS, and a hard-disk instead of a CF card. Do you know of a similar, small form-factor motherboard + case that would fit the bill? Thanks. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
I'd rather use a PCI card to connect * to the POTS, and a hard-disk instead of a CF card. Do you know of a similar, small form-factor motherboard + case that would fit the bill? Many of the thin clients fit the bill nicely. I've been using MaxSpeed MaxTerm clients lately. Mainly because I bought several off ebay for about $50 each. These have a VIA motherboard that has a PCI slot, plus USB and IDE interfaces. They also have a CF adapter already in them and have room in the case for 2.5 hard drives. An added bonus is they are powered by a 12VDC adapter which makes battery backup a very simple task. John ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Hi there we have astlinux running on alix board, it is awesome. Andrea Giuseppe Barichello ha scritto: Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:39:31 -0600 From: Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 22:14 +0100, Giuseppe Barichello wrote: I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian variant). I'm using it at home for a month. That's very interesting! I've been curious about trying this. Did you run across any challenges getting this setup? Two main issues: 1) Understanding how voyage linux configures read-only and rw mounts (I wanted to mount all /var tree as rw) 2) Getting MOH play MP3 sound files with Debian standard packages: I had to recompile Asterisk from source to fix it. Giuseppe ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users __ Informazione NOD32 2674 (20071121) __ Questo messaggio è stato controllato dal Sistema Antivirus NOD32 http://www.nod32.it -- Cheers Andrea Andrea Cristofanini CTO - VoIP Gedam Europe S.r.l. - (Torino,Italy) Gedam Advanced Communication Ltd - (Dunedin,New Zealand) Strada da Bertolla all'abbadia di Stura, 151 - 10156 Torino - IT GSM. +39-329.1871756 - PSTN. +39-011.19824516 - FAX. +39-011.8338622 - http://www.gedameurope.com/ http://freevoip.gedameurope.com/ http://www.faropbx.com/ http://www.pbxsolution.net/ ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Il giorno Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:54:38 -0500 Matthew Rubenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Other than the Alix board, what else is needed to make a working PC? You need a CF as main storage device (it is mounted ro on /). I also use an USB stick where I mount /var in rw mode. Obviously you need even a power supply (sold by Pcengines). Giuseppe ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:39:31 -0600 From: Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 22:14 +0100, Giuseppe Barichello wrote: I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian variant). I'm using it at home for a month. That's very interesting! I've been curious about trying this. Did you run across any challenges getting this setup? Two main issues: 1) Understanding how voyage linux configures read-only and rw mounts (I wanted to mount all /var tree as rw) 2) Getting MOH play MP3 sound files with Debian standard packages: I had to recompile Asterisk from source to fix it. Giuseppe ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Other than the Alix board, what else is needed to make a working PC? On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 07:28 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:14:15 +0100 From: Giuseppe Barichello [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi all, I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian variant). I'm using it at home for a month. I wondered how much it could be loaded, so I tested it with pbx-test: I could place up to 15 simultaneous SIP calls before it got no more responsive. All in all a good, stable and cheap solution for home and home-office environments. My 2 cents, Giuseppe -- (C) Matthew Rubenstein ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 22:14 +0100, Giuseppe Barichello wrote: I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian variant). I'm using it at home for a month. That's very interesting! I've been curious about trying this. Did you run across any challenges getting this setup? Bob ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Asterisk on Pcengines Alix board
Hi all, I have successfully compiled and installed Asterisk on an Alix board (AMD Geode 500 Mhz + 256 Mb RAM) on top of Voyage linux (a Debian variant). I'm using it at home for a month. I wondered how much it could be loaded, so I tested it with pbx-test: I could place up to 15 simultaneous SIP calls before it got no more responsive. All in all a good, stable and cheap solution for home and home-office environments. My 2 cents, Giuseppe ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
