Always a good idea to work like a large company and create a test environment that can be used for pre-production validation, etc.
> However, reading all these posts about hardware incompatibiliites and little > issues with different hardware has gotten me a little concerned about this > migration/changeover. IRQ's, poor quality controllers, dual processor's, > raid vs ide, etc. etc. can all affect a call. If the server isn't just > right, I could encounter issues. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mattf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 1:05 PM > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] RAID/SCSI/IDE/SATA and a TE405P (or T100P) > card. Should I expect problems? > > > > Hello, > > > > We use all SCSI PCI card hardware RAIDs on all 4 of our production > Asterisk > > servers. They all have Digium quad T1 cards and they all have from 2 to 4 > > T1s hooked up to them. We have had no noticable problems with dropped > > calls/poor quality. > > > > What are you looking to do with this system? what kind of traffic will be > > going through these 4 T1s? > > > > MATT--- > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Deon Rodden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:41 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] RAID/SCSI/IDE/SATA and a TE405P (or T100P) > > card. Should I expect problems? > > > > > > I'm confused. In the end, overall, which is best for a T100P (or even a > > TE405P) card? IDE or SCSI? Raid or No Raid? > > > > I was anticpating putting a single Quad-Port TE405P inside a Dell > PowerEdge, > > Dual 1.3ghz Processors, SCSI Hard Drive (No Raid). Was going to run 4 > Full > > T1 PRI's into it, either all from 1 carrier, or 4 different carriers. > > > > Can/Should I expect problems (echo, dropped calls, poor quality, etc.)? > > Should I hunt down a high end IDE based Server? Or even SATA based server? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana Nowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:57 AM > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] RAID affecting X100P performance... > > > > > > > In an article on IDE vs. SCSI I read that MTBF numbers for IDE were > > > frequently caculated at 8 hours on 16 hours off per day (assumes desktop > > > usage) but SCSI drives were calculated at 24hrs on per day. So even > > though > > > the MTBF numbers look the same ... The main reason is, reportedly, > better > > > quality controller parts and motors. Before someone asks, no I don't > > > remember where I read the article (probably via slashdot), you might try > > > google. > > > > > > > > > At 05:57 AM 7/22/2004 -0700, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote: > > > >>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > >Steven> oddly enough, there isn't much if any difference these days at > > > >Steven> the physical level. It is just the interface and the set of > > > >Steven> specs on the interface. SCSI drives usually will give you > > > >Steven> warning of their problems. > > > > > > > >As I hear it, the scsi drives (and the sata drives that are not a > > > >(integer) multiple of 10 Gigs) do still have better bearings, qa, > > > >et al than the pata and pata-derrived sata drives. At least with > > > >some of the brands.... > > > > > > > >I expect this will continue, with sata drives being size and cost > > > >driven and sas quality and reliability driven. > > > > > > > >-JimC > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dana Nowell Cornerstone Software Inc. > > > Voice: 603-595-7480 Fax: 603-882-7313 > > > email: DanaNowell_at_CornerstoneSoftware.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ---------------End of Original Message----------------- _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
