On Jan 16, 2008 8:11 PM, Erik Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 16, 2008 6:39 PM, Steve Totaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Unbeatable price for a low end Asterisk server (or any server for that > > matter) > > > > > http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bednv4k&s=bsd > > > > I wonder if anyone has any experience with this box and Digium or > Sangoma > > hardware? Any compatibility issues? If not, I might stock up on them. > > Wow - that *is* a great price. I don't have any of this particular > box in production, but I do have 2 PowerEdge SC440s (one step up from > the T105) running asterisk along with Sangoma PRI cards. They're > working great. I really only have two issues with these low-end > servers: > > 1. You can't order 'em with RAID support. I'm getting around this by > using software RAID1 in linux, but I'd much prefer having a hardware > RAID controller. > 2. The Dell DRAC remote management cards aren't compatible with these > low-end server motherboards. I've become *completely* addicted to the > DRAC cards on the high-end PowerEdges, to the point that I now refuse > to order a server without a DRAC card. > > That said, I'm sure this server would run a small/medium asterisk > install just fine. > > -Erik >
You can add the raid option for $199. I think I might pickup about ten of them at this price. I can always resell them as general purpose servers or even workstations if Asterisk/Zaptel/Linux does not like the boxen. Thanks, Steve Totaro
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