Fusion PBX Newbie looking to get setup..

[3d3dman]

Hi,

New to fusion PBX although not new to phone systems, we are looking to get setup now but we need some help with the following questions

1. What vm server spec is recommended, we could have at any 1 time 100 companies with 500-1000 extensions using fusions
2. Is there an outline of server spec vs the amount of concurrent calls, blfs etc
3. How does fusion operate with say 100 extension at the same location without an SBC, does it run multiple port per phone or does free switch offer some sort of witch craft that aids with this?
4. is provisioning offered for yealink and VVX Polycom handsets?
5. Is it best to run a redundant PBX or is fusion software fairly solid?
6. Is there anyone who would be interested in helping us to manage the system ongoing
7. How do you rebrand fusion pbx?
8. Is there a softphone that can be run that uses a QR code to setup
9. Does fusion offer any off the shelf crm integration
10. What VM provider would you recommend, we have used AWS and Google in the past but we are looking for alternatives offering off the shelf VMs that can be later upgraded
11. Security wise what is offered apart from fail to ban, any suggestions of any other defence mechanisms

Also, if anyone could help with the installation and setup process to make sure we are ticking all the boxes with security etc that would be great.

Sorry for all the questions, even if you can answer one of the questions that would be really helpful.

Thanks

 

[ad5ou]

Some of your questions might be best answered via a call to the developers at fusionpbx.com but I can answer some.

1/2: Server specs depend heavily on type of traffic the servers will encounter. The load of 100 extensions with no BLF and 5 minute registrations is far different from the same 100 extension with 10+ BLF buttons each and 1 minute registration times. Same can be said about a typical office with 100 phones mostly idle versus 100 phone call center.

3: An SBC might be useful for some scenarios but I've never needed to deploy one and have several locations with 70-150 devices in one location.

4: Yes provisioning is available for a large number of manufacturers devices. Yealink's are probably the best supported but Poly has several templates as well

5: Redundancy really depends on risk levels you are willing to take with your customers but as a whole Fusionpbx has been solid for us. The key is to test any changes/upgrades on a test server before deploying any updates to a production environment. The only outages we've experienced in past several years is from external outages in data center / network.

6: There might be a few forum members willing to help for a fee, but safest option would be to pay the developers for support.

7: Rebranding is covered extensively in the paid member documentation but info for some of the typical changes can be found if you look hard enough.

8: There isn't a specific Fusionpbx softphone developed but there are a handful of third party softphone options that can be used that offer such features. A more detailed answer is best saved for a different post but several have been mentioned on the forums before.

9: No drop in crm integration is available.

10: We've had good service from Vultr, Digital Ocean, Linode, and several others.

11: Out of the box, fusionpbx is fairly safe from intrusions, but security is a nonstop battle and no easy answers will fit here.