Re: [asterisk-users] Opinion on hardware (computer) for an Asterisk Server!
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Raúl Gómez C. wrote: Hi list, I'm about to install Asterisk on an Old HP NetServer LC2000 Server (year 2001), it has 2 Pentium III 1GHz CPUs (Coppermine FSB 133MHz 256K L2 Cache), 768MB PC-133 ECC RAM, 3 UltraSCSI LVD2 18.2GB 10K RPM HDD in RAID5, 100Mb NIC for server. This Server will support 35 SIP phones (users) and 10 FXO ports (for telco lines) and 2 FXS ports (internal analog phones) with a Sangoma Remora A400 PCI card. What do you think? is this hardware enough for this setup??? Yes - You should be fine. (Based on my own use of 1GHz Via boards) However, it's OLD. 6 years old now. What's going to fail first? The drives? PSU? Fans? Are you going to put your company's phone system which has to just work on an aging server? Do yourself a favour and spend some money on a modern box. You're probably going to spend somewhere in the region of £3500 on the phones themselves (probably more), so even a quarter of that will get you a good modern box to run it all on (Which with the right processor and drive configuration will probably suck less power too, if that's a concern for you) Gordon___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Opinion on hardware (computer) for an Asterisk Server!
Good point Gordon, but I have 2 spare drives (of line), the server has 2 (redundant) PSU, one of this brand new, the fans has already failed and has bee replaced, so there are brand new too. I'm not sure if a server has another component that is prone to fail, so any advise/suggestion is welcome. Thanks Gordon! On 10/11/07, Gordon Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes - You should be fine. (Based on my own use of 1GHz Via boards) However, it's OLD. 6 years old now. What's going to fail first? The drives? PSU? Fans? Are you going to put your company's phone system which has to just work on an aging server? Do yourself a favour and spend some money on a modern box. You're probably going to spend somewhere in the region of £3500 on the phones themselves (probably more), so even a quarter of that will get you a good modern box to run it all on (Which with the right processor and drive configuration will probably suck less power too, if that's a concern for you) Gordon ___ --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
Re: [asterisk-users] Opinion on hardware (computer) for an Asterisk Server!
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Raúl Gómez C. wrote: Good point Gordon, but I have 2 spare drives (of line), the server has 2 (redundant) PSU, one of this brand new, the fans has already failed and has bee replaced, so there are brand new too. I'm not sure if a server has another component that is prone to fail, so any advise/suggestion is welcome. Hard to say, really. Electrolytic capacitors are what tends to fail over the longer term, and I'd put in a new CMOS/RTC battery for good measure too. And I'm sure you're not alone in trying to recycle old hardware - I myself have several old systems acting as various test servers/firewalls, etc. but none that are in what I'd consider to be a mission critical position. I'd suggest it would be a good system to develop the software on, test your dial-plans, etc. but I'd still want to look at modern hardware for a live production system. Gordon Thanks Gordon! On 10/11/07, Gordon Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes - You should be fine. (Based on my own use of 1GHz Via boards) However, it's OLD. 6 years old now. What's going to fail first? The drives? PSU? Fans? Are you going to put your company's phone system which has to just work on an aging server? Do yourself a favour and spend some money on a modern box. You're probably going to spend somewhere in the region of £3500 on the phones themselves (probably more), so even a quarter of that will get you a good modern box to run it all on (Which with the right processor and drive configuration will probably suck less power too, if that's a concern for you) Gordon ___ --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
[asterisk-users] Opinion on hardware (computer) for an Asterisk Server!
Hi list, I'm about to install Asterisk on an Old HP NetServer LC2000 Server (year 2001), it has 2 Pentium III 1GHz CPUs (Coppermine FSB 133MHz 256K L2 Cache), 768MB PC-133 ECC RAM, 3 UltraSCSI LVD2 18.2GB 10K RPM HDD in RAID5, 100Mb NIC for server. This Server will support 35 SIP phones (users) and 10 FXO ports (for telco lines) and 2 FXS ports (internal analog phones) with a Sangoma Remora A400 PCI card. What do you think? is this hardware enough for this setup??? Thanks in advance for your opinions, Raul ___ --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
