Raspberry Pi

[JGoodish]

Is anyone using one of these for anything? I know that they are intended more as an electronic tinker toy, but I'm wondering about their reliability in continuous use for server purposes. My application in this case would be Asterisk or FreeSWITCH so that I can migrate IT from a VM on my home PC.


Thanks,
JKG

 

[ajyeary]

Haven't used 'em but google returns some promising results re: reliability. See http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.co...rry-pi-suitable-for-running-continuously-24-7 and http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=26301. I'd say you're probably good to go that route, but I agree with the sentiment of "if you're doing frequent writes, you may want to consider using a HDD instead of the SD card," if that will work for your application.

 

[ChrisK]

Damn an asterisk server seems kinda ambitious. Let us know how it goes =)

 

[Kevin87]

Yes this has been done. Check out this page rasberry-asterisk.org.

 

[ChrisK]

Yes this has been done. Check out this page rasberry-asterisk.org.

Haha. Wow.

 

[denverpilot]

Yeah. They had to strip it down a bit but it works for a small number of concurrent phone lines. I haven't seen their stress tests to see what the hard limit is but it's going to be CPU horsepower, of course.

 

[DFH65]

Asterisk I am not sure would be the best application to run on one. I know several places that are using them to run digital signage. Fairly capable little devices.

ETA: Cool that someone is trying it. We use SIPxecs here at work. I like the model better less server intensive.

 

[Kevin87]

It should be fine for home use. Give it a try. Looks like it has been pretty successful for a lot of people.

 

[JGoodish]

Yes, Asterisk definitely has been done in various forms on the Raspberry Pi, but I suspect that FreeSwitch may be a more efficient use of the limited resources.

I have Asterisk running on CentOS in a VM right now, and it really does everything I need for my home. I'm just looking to migrate it off of the VM, and the Raspberry Pi would seem like an ideal platform if reliability isn't a problem.


JKG

 

[nauga]

Is anyone using one of these for anything?

Nothing like what you're looking for but I use one as a 3-channel serial data recorder to log data from two Dynon boxes and a Garmin 496. Works for me and a lot cleaner than my first attempts with an Arduino.

Nauga,
with records on

 

[CJones]

We're using them for digital displays and semi-mobile 'kiosks' paired with a touchscreen monitor throughout the facility here at work.

I have one at home that I tinker with. Right now it is set up as a digital media player running OpenELEC.

 

[mikea]

The Pi is extremwy useful.

It's the way of the future!

 

[mikea]

Tony Stark has a Raspberry Pi.

 

[denverpilot]

Since I'm geeking out this evening... Here's PoA on the Pi.

And no, I don't normally have an entire HDTV sitting on my desk. Just messing with some stuff this weekend.