> JT> >I have been mulling over what it would take to get drivers done for >ImageStream's products. They have a component architecture that is supposed >to reduce development time/cost. The component stuff is open source. The >part of the driver that you have to write can be open source or proprietary. >I am not much of a coder, but someone more knowledgeable may be able to do >it without too much trouble. I am an ImageStream reseller - if you need >hardware I'll give you good pricing. ;) > >Andy
Shoot, set me up with <takes off shoes for counting> 42 2u servers with dual TE410P boards, and then 12 M13 muxes, and then 1 12-port DS3-to-OC12 mux (or 3 DS3-to-OC3 muxes, and one 3 port OC3-to-OC12 mux) and we can even test one of those OC12 boards that ImageStream sells!
Why don't you ping someone at ImageStream and see if they're willing to offer a DS3 developer kit for some interval (6 months? 8 months?) to a developer if they show appropriate interest and expertise. Anyone want to volunteer?
Actually, I'd ask a senior developer at ImageStream to see if they think it's even possible first; they'll at least be able to say if it's in the realm of sanity. You have the inside track; let us know what you hear.
I talked to Imagestream this morning about the possibilites. Their lead engineer said that there would be no way to do voice over their DS-3 cards using software processing because it would take too much processing power. It would be possible to do some custom design for their boards that incorpotates hardware processing, but he doesn't know of anything currently available. So unless there's something I/he missed, I guess the answer is no on the DS-3.
Andy
I have no reason to disbelieve this report, but I will offer some minor scepticism at this reply. A well-equipped PC can currently handle 8 T1 channels, and it seems that only the IRQ issue is causing more channels to not be viable in the current TE410P environment. It would seem reasonable to think that a very well equipped PC (4-way, 8-way?) would be able to handle the "processing power" requirements of a DS3, whatever was meant by that statement. Of course, there may be other underlying issues specific to ImageStream that make this impossible; I don't know.
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