On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 05:58:51PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: > Thanks for the reply Alex. I'm not too scared of the soldering iron (I > own one, but my work with it isn't pretty ;-) > > But can you confirm, are you just using the small power header on the > board to supply power to the pci card? I was wondering if I was going > to have to snake an another wall wort into the box to power the card, > would be good if I don't have to do that!
yep thats right, I run the local ssd drive and the tdm from there. > > Not 100% sure I could run a VM on it, but the new net5501 board comes > with 512MB ram and I think a 500-ish MHz processor, way more than what > I'm currently using to run m0n0wall, so even if the VM takes a bite > out of it, it should be fine, hardest part might be configuring the VM > to boot monowall from CF. Can you partition a CF card? (ie, one > partition for the monowall "firmware" and the other for the stripped > down linux install to run Asterisk?) > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Alex Samad<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: > >> Hello - > >> I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now > >> using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). > >> I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. > >> Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power > >> than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by > >> consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, > >> low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. > >> > >> Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be > >> compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? > > > > Hi > > > > I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I > > have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and > > asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel > > ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks > > like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) > > > > One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex > > on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though > > > > I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing > > similiar at another site, but a bigger box. > > > > Alex > > > >> > >> Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support > >> for "one or two low-power standard PCI board" > >> > >> I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying > >> voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I > >> wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job > >> to supply this card. > >> > >> If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream > >> small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? > >> > > > > -- > > Expense Accounts, n.: > > Corporate food stamps. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpk1yMACgkQkZz88chpJ2NvmgCg3+4zJhQBcnQzxMPeQ1N+KXn1 > > XBMAnjtAOUjpC/++2acwVuHcYOpPQG21 > > =eRW6 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > -- Scully: I've heard the truth. Now what I want are the answers. "The X-Files: Paper Clip"
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
_______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
