Home PBX system

[the1gofer]

Budget (including currency): about $300

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: FreePBX

 

I want to set up a home PBX server, my understanding is that te system requirements for freePBX aren't very high, and If I'm only going to be running a few lines, I shouldn't need anything too hardcore.   The low-end system they sell https://www.freepbx.org/appliances/ is about $700, but I feel like I could beat that.  

 

Small profile would be nice.  Integrated graphics, supporting two monitors on the display port would be great, but not mandatory.  I can go headless if I have to. 

 

[Blue4130]

8 minutes ago, the1gofer said:

Budget (including currency): about $300

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: FreePBX

 

I want to set up a home PBX server, my understanding is that te system requirements for freePBX aren't very high, and If I'm only going to be running a few lines, I shouldn't need anything too hardcore.   The low-end system they sell https://www.freepbx.org/appliances/ is about $700, but I feel like I could beat that.  

 

Small profile would be nice.  Integrated graphics, supporting two monitors on the display port would be great, but not mandatory.  I can go headless if I have to. 

 

How big is your house/household that you need a PBX at home?

[joshfrog]

I don't know much about freePBX but i have seen these videos being posted.

 

May help you with your research.

 

[manikyath]

freepbx is the sort of thing you can run on just about anything. i had 3cx running on my server for a while and the performance impact was essentially zero.

 

to put it in another way: the official freepbx devices are an "intel celeron quadcore" - which we'll assume is the low end embedded stuff... and they go up to 60 concurrent calls before switching to an i5.

 

since yoi're on a forum asking this i'm gonna assume you're not setting this up for an enterprise, so the answer here is "whatever that isnt ancient hardware"

 

i did find this on the freepbx community that might be a good point of reference:

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For example, a Raspberry Pi 3 can handle about 20 concurrent calls, if it is merely passing unmodified audio between extensions and trunks. However, if the extensions are using Opus, encrypted, calls are recorded and in-call features are enabled, two concurrent calls is likely the limit.

My guess for a 2-core recent Intel processor is 10 to 100 calls, depending on codecs, etc.

I don’t recommend single core for even the smallest system, because FreePBX is not good at giving Asterisk priority; making changes with UCP or the admin GUI can cause choppy voice, even with only one call in progress.

 

[the1gofer]

10 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

How big is your house/household that you need a PBX at home?

I dont need one, i want one.  seems likw a fun project.

[the1gofer]

9 hours ago, joshfrog said:

I don't know much about freePBX but i have seen these videos being posted.

 

May help you with your research.

 

Thanks, I saw that.  They don’t talk much about the hardware.

[the1gofer]

8 hours ago, manikyath said:

freepbx is the sort of thing you can run on just about anything. i had 3cx running on my server for a while and the performance impact was essentially zero.

 

to put it in another way: the official freepbx devices are an "intel celeron quadcore" - which we'll assume is the low end embedded stuff... and they go up to 60 concurrent calls before switching to an i5.

 

since yoi're on a forum asking this i'm gonna assume you're not setting this up for an enterprise, so the answer here is "whatever that isnt ancient hardware"

 

i did find this on the freepbx community that might be a good point of reference:

 

That’s interesting.  That’s why I thought I could beat their price, and was looking for recommendations on hardware.  

[manikyath]

26 minutes ago, the1gofer said:

That’s interesting.  That’s why I thought I could beat their price, and was looking for recommendations on hardware.  

well.. if it's for singular calls.. a raspberry pi? some intel N100 board?