Many of these Asterisk “appliances” are really just pre-configured servers running a bundle of software built around Asterisk. To meet my definition of “appliance” the system should have no moving parts. That means diskless, fanless, silent and reliable.
Preconfigured servers are very capable but they often have much of the administrative overhead of an old-school Asterisk installation. They usually require someone with Asterisk or telecom experience to plan and implement a working system.
I have deferred upgrading my own Astlinux server a very long time. I knew it had to be done, but also knew that it would be essentially rebuilding the system from scratch. When Jazinga offered to let me evaluate their new Asterisk appliance, I saw the possibility of deploying something simpler, with less administrative overhead.
In their flagship MGA120 PBX appliance, Jazinga set out to build a device that could be installed in a typical small business, home or home office by someone with minimal IT skills. It combines common networking and IP telephony functions with software designed to make installation and administration truly easy.
Here are a couple of slide shows in support of the December 19, 2008 VoIP Users Conference call. They augment a slide show already available at Small Net Builder.
The nice folks over at Small Net Builder have put my Jazinga review up live today. There's a fair amount of picture support for the review so they've put up a slide show as well. It features a lot of…
In a few days our friends over at Small Net Builder will finish polishing the stone that is my Jazinga review and post it online. I've been thinking about live support for the review in some fashion. That is, I…
I've been crushed the past week trying to get my Jazinga review down on paper. With a final review by my wife it was off to the publisher late last night. I can finally come up for air. There's such…