Small hardware for FusionPBX

[Herbert Whistlefjord]

What small systems have people got Fusion working on? I am thinking no-moving-parts hardware here. Obviously this would mean living within your means - no call recording or transcoding, for example. Rack mount would be great.

Some hardware that I think could work:

• PC Engines APU2 - 1GHz quad "Jaguar" core, 2 or 4GB RAM

Some hardware that could work but might not:

• Ubiquiti Edgerouter X - Dual-Core 880Mhz MIPS, 256MB RAM, runs Debian. Not sure if storage can be expanded beyond 256MB
• Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite 3 - Dual-Core 500Mhz MIPS64, 512MB RAM, Debian. Storage is on an internal USB stick which can be a bit ropey apparently: https://hilo90mhz.com/ubiquiti-edgerouter-lite-erlite-3-internal-usb-storage-fail/

 

[DigitalDaz]

Put an SSD in an ODROID XU4 and you have it all, no moving parts plus call recording etc and plenty of power.

 

[ubergoober]

Which OS would you run on that ODROID XU4? Armbian?

 

[DigitalDaz]

I probably would use Armbian now if it was available for the XU4.

 

[DigitalDaz]

PS, I ran an office of about 20 on an Odroid U3 for two and a half years without a problem at all.

 

[ubergoober]

Armbian does have an image for XU4. I tried to run the quick install against it but I think there was a failure to install php. I'll try again from a fresh image.

 

[ubergoober]

Using the fresh image didn't improve my experience. It's bonking on php. I see these messages
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package php7.1
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-cli
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-cli'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-fpm
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-fpm'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-pgsql
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-pgsql'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-sqlite3
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-sqlite3'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-odbc
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-odbc'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-curl
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-curl'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-imap
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-imap'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-mcrypt
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-mcrypt'
E: Unable to locate package php7.1-xml
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.1-xml'
Configuring PHP
version 7.1
sed: can't read /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/php/7.1/fpm/php.ini: No such file or directory
Failed to restart php7.1-fpm.service: Unit php7.1-fpm.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

Can you tell me which OS distribution you've been successful with in previous ODROID products?

Thanks

 

[ubergoober]

Adding a couple of repositories seems to have made the difference:
added to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing non-free contrib main
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing/updates non-free contrib main

Thanks for letting me brain dump.

Tom

 

[DigitalDaz]

Cool, glad you got there in the end.

Make sure you get that freeswitch db into tmpfs, switch off access log in nginx and also edit the freeswitch logfile conf so only do warning and above.

 

[ubergoober]

So, yes. I did those three things. No SSD here. Running on the eMMC module that I bought with the Odroid.

 

[ubergoober]

Update. I've upgraded the Odroid XU4 to Armbian Buster, and ran the install script for Debian. The install went very well and I'm running FusionPBX 4.5.12 on the Odroid XU4. One thing I've noticed is that the heat sink on the Odroid is much cooler than it was while running on Stretch. No ask here, just checking back in case there's interest in the XU4.

 

[zero48]

Update. I've upgraded the Odroid XU4 to Armbian Buster, and ran the install script for Debian. The install went very well and I'm running FusionPBX 4.5.12 on the Odroid XU4. One thing I've noticed is that the heat sink on the Odroid is much cooler than it was while running on Stretch. No ask here, just checking back in case there's interest in the XU4.

Hi, Wondering if stil reliable after a year . I'm thinking to get the same hardware . No recording Calls I I magine . TKS

 

[KitchM]

You can also use the Raspberry Pi. It works well and may save a few sheckles.

 

[dv8inpp]

How is the performance? What version rPi are you using?

You can also use the Raspberry Pi. It works well and may save a few sheckles.

 

[KitchM]

My performance is more that acceptable for few phones and numbers. I am using the Model 3 B+, revision 1.3. I have not tried to stress test it to see how many concurrent lines it can handle, but it is designed for a desktop environment, so this use should be fairly light for it.

The newer model 4 should be even more powerful.