On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 16:12 -0600, Me wrote: > Dorn, > > Can you give me some details on this linux md driver you mentioned? > > Also, you say not to scrap the SATA drives, is this because you think I can > use them with FC1 or because you think I should try Debian? I really don't > want to venture away from Fedora at the moment for a few reasons. >
FC1 does support SATA drives, however it is dependant upon the sata controller. The intel sata driver is supported, adaptec, 3ware 7xxx and 8xxx controllers are also supported. > Thanks! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorn Hetzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 4:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Hardware opinions? > > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 02:17:47PM -0600, Me wrote: > > > Hello, I am trying to build up a pretty meaty Asterisk box after doing > our initial testing and playing on a 1ghz system. > > > > > > Right now I have decided on a prebuilt system which I normally don't do > but thought it seemed like a good deal. > > > > > > I have included the initial specs below, I will be adding another 1 GB > of RAM for a total of 2 GB. > > > > > > My first question is regarding the serial ATA drives... I will be using > Fedora and considering FC1 seems to be the smartest of the builds when it > comes to the digium hardware, will I have to scrap the SATA drives because > FC1 doesn't support them or do I have bad information? > > > > > > If I need to scrap the SATA drives and let's say I didn't care about the > Raid functionality, would you folks think that IDE drives would be fine or > would the speed of SCSI really make much of a difference when it comes to > Asterisk? If speed of drives does matter, can someone tell me why Asterisk > might need fast drives vs. say 7200 IDE drives? > > > > > > Next and last question is, how many simultaneous calls do you folks > figure I can run on this in the following two scenarios: > > > > > > 1- All clients would be using SIP devices like SPA-2000's and all calls > would originate/terminate using an IAX termination partner. > > > 2- All clients would be using IAX like Asterisk or an IAXy and all calls > would originate/terminate using an IAX termination partner. > > > > > > > > > Here are the specs: > > > > > > a.. Dual (2) Intel Xeon 2.66GHz CPUs w/ HT Technology > > > b.. 533MHz Front Side Bus > > > c.. 1GB PC2100 DDR ECC Registered Memory > > > d.. Two (2) 120GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drives with 8MB Cache > > > e.. 52X CD-RW Drive w/Burning Software > > > f.. 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive > > > g.. ATI Rage XL with 8MB Onboard > > > h.. Onboard RAID controller > > > i.. (2) Intel Ethernet Controllers (1x1000BT Gigabit & 1x10/100) > > > j.. 2U Rackmount Chassis w/ 500-Watt Power Supply > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > You don't need to scrap the SATA drives, they are very nice. > > You might want to give Debian a try. > > Don't use the "RAID" mode on the motherboard as it's likely > > "fake raid", instead use linux md driver for software raid, > > it's smoking fast for SATA drives and on my 3.2ghz box > > barely scratches the CPU resyncing. > > > > -Dorn > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
