Thoughts on building a Voicemail only Asterisk server?

["Christopher Aloi" <chris.aloi (at) gmail.com>]

Hello List -

I've done some reading on voip-info regarding hardware requirements for an Asterisk server; but I haven't been able to find anyone doing what we plan to, so I am hoping you can assist.

We are looking to provide a voice mail only Asterisk solution for approx. 100 homeless people, a customer of ours is planning to provide the service.

The Asterisk service will reside in our data center which will provide the TDM->SIP GW so the Asterisk will receive all it's calls via SIP.

A rough overview of what I think we will need:

- A non-redundant server running Asterisk
-- -- The Asterisk build will have a very simple dial plan
-- -- -- Two inbound DID's (one for checking vmail and one for leaving voice mail for an extension)
-- -- -- A management interface for the voice mail boxes, so I will need to run Apache

- A disk array (either local RAID or external NAS) to house the voice mail storage.
-- -- The voice mail system will allow 30MB of storage per user, so 30MBx100users=3GB
-- -- I'd like the 3GB of storage to be in either in the RAID or dumped onto an NFS or NAS

Does anyone have any recommendations on a server that might fit the bill above? 
Or experience running a similar application?

Just looking for some thoughts on RAM, Processor speed, Disc etc...

Thanks in advance.

-Chris
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