Re: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple zaphfc cards (for ISDN BRI) in a singlemachine
On 3 Nov 2005, at 11:36, Chris Bagnall wrote: I would suggest using a pair of 4-port cards. The interrupts alone from 5 PCI cards would kill most boxes. There is also an octo-card, but I have no personal experience of that. Hmm... the price is something of an obstacle - given that single BRI cards can be had for sub-£20, justifying £425 on a 4-port card onto which there'd need to be another single BRI anyway might be a challenge. Are there any other options worth considering here? How about a board with 2 PCI buses (e.g. one PCI, one PCI-X) ? I know this isn't what you asked, but, I'd think hard about moving to PRI instead. I find that around at around 8 lines it is generally cheaper (and far easier) to switch to partial E1. All the UK providers will offer you a free install on a 10 channel PRI if you sign up for long enough or commit to enough spend. You can run a partial E1 on a lowpowered 1U server (1Ghz 512Mb), so you could save on the hardware bigtime. Tim. Regards, Chris -- C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited This email is made from 100% recycled electrons ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple zaphfc cards (for ISDN BRI) in a singlemachine
I would suggest using a pair of 4-port cards. The interrupts alone from 5 PCI cards would kill most boxes. There is also an octo-card, but I have no personal experience of that. Hmm... the price is something of an obstacle - given that single BRI cards can be had for sub-£20, justifying £425 on a 4-port card onto which there'd need to be another single BRI anyway might be a challenge. Are there any other options worth considering here? How about a board with 2 PCI buses (e.g. one PCI, one PCI-X) ? Regards, Chris -- C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited This email is made from 100% recycled electrons ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple zaphfc cards (for ISDN BRI) in a singlemachine
On 11/3/05, Chris Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would suggest using a pair of 4-port cards. The interrupts alone from 5 PCI cards would kill most boxes. There is also an octo-card, but I have no personal experience of that. Hmm... the price is something of an obstacle - given that single BRI cards can be had for sub-£20, justifying £425 on a 4-port card onto which there'd need to be another single BRI anyway might be a challenge. Are there any other options worth considering here? How about a board with 2 PCI buses (e.g. one PCI, one PCI-X) ? The only other option I can think of, and again I have not tested it personally, as I prefer the perceived reliability of a 4-port hardware solution, is the Florz patch to bristuff: http://zaphfc.florz.dyndns.org/ I cannot get to the usual URL, but via google: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=enq=site%3A%3Azaphfc.florz.dyndns.orgbtnG=Search you can view the cached page. This allows you to use interrupts from a single card as the trigger for all cards in the system, reducing the resultant load to a manageable level. Best of luck. Steve ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple zaphfc cards (for ISDN BRI) in a singlemachine
Sorry for this shameless hijack, is there a version of brisuff/zaphfc for 1.2 ? Steve Davies wrote: On 11/3/05, Chris Bagnall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would suggest using a pair of 4-port cards. The interrupts alone from 5 PCI cards would kill most boxes. There is also an octo-card, but I have no personal experience of that. Hmm... the price is something of an obstacle - given that single BRI cards can be had for sub-£20, justifying £425 on a 4-port card onto which there'd need to be another single BRI anyway might be a challenge. Are there any other options worth considering here? How about a board with 2 PCI buses (e.g. one PCI, one PCI-X) ? The only other option I can think of, and again I have not tested it personally, as I prefer the perceived reliability of a 4-port hardware solution, is the Florz patch to bristuff: http://zaphfc.florz.dyndns.org/ I cannot get to the usual URL, but via google: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=enq=site%3A%3Azaphfc.florz.dyndns.orgbtnG=Search you can view the cached page. This allows you to use interrupts from a single card as the trigger for all cards in the system, reducing the resultant load to a manageable level. Best of luck. Steve ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple zaphfc cards (for ISDN BRI) in a singlemachine
On Thursday 03 November 2005 13:36, Chris Bagnall wrote: I would suggest using a pair of 4-port cards. The interrupts alone from 5 PCI cards would kill most boxes. There is also an octo-card, but I have no personal experience of that. Hmm... the price is something of an obstacle - given that single BRI cards can be had for sub-£20, justifying £425 on a 4-port card onto which there'd need to be another single BRI anyway might be a challenge. I have had experience of dual HFC cards and the Junghanns octo/quad BRI cards. Lesson learnt was to avoid multiple HFC cards at all costs - whilst they are cheap setup costs and return visits more than make up any price difference. I have installed the junghanns without problems. Paul Are there any other options worth considering here? How about a board with 2 PCI buses (e.g. one PCI, one PCI-X) ? Regards, Chris -- Paul Hewlett - CottonPickinMinds - www.cottonpickinminds.co.za Tel: +27 21 852 8812 Cel: +27 84 420 9282 Fax: +27 86 672 0563 -- ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Multiple zaphfc cards (for ISDN BRI) in a singlemachine
Erik wrote: Sorry for this shameless hijack, is there a version of brisuff/zaphfc for 1.2 ? Steve Davies wrote: bad boy :-) there is none as of 'yet'. I guess Junghanns will deliver one as soon as 1.2 is stable. You could try the beronet-way (mISDN and chan_capi). Cheers ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
