[asterisk-users] server hardware choice,
Any mid-level server (kinda 3ghz 2GB ram) you have been wonderfully happy with? ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP or DELL. I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the system. HP DL380 G4, 4GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS HP DL360 G4, 2GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS Some Dell models may have issues. Check the Digium website for compatibility (and perhaps the list archives). Both HP boxes work fine with 2 or 4 port E1 cards (hyperthreading is turned off). what are the advantages of turning HT off? btw: i prefer HP servers (above 3xx) because you can do health monitoring really nice (fans, temp, ps status, etc) -- WoodOO-[P]an[G]alaktikan[A]gent-People ][ http://shadow.pganet.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]@RedHat.users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 01:17:07PM +0200, Woodoo People .pGa! wrote: btw: i prefer HP servers (above 3xx) because you can do health monitoring really nice (fans, temp, ps status, etc) configure lm_sensors on just about any system built in the recent years and you'll get those. -- Tzafrir Cohen sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] icq#16849755 iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
Keyboardot ragadtam, hogy va'laszoljak Tzafrir Cohen osszedobalt bytejaira: btw: i prefer HP servers (above 3xx) because you can do health monitoring really nice (fans, temp, ps status, etc) configure lm_sensors on just about any system built in the recent years and you'll get those. well, that could be an option, if the mobo is _not_ specialised, for example i could not monitor anything via lm_sensors (or other) stuff on my ibm x235 boxes. and hp also can report prefailure (and then you can ask for replace, as most hardware have prefailure warranty). Btw, i'm not working for HP, but have the best experiences with monitoring them - that not means it's a better box than others. -- WoodOO-[P]an[G]alaktikan[A]gent-People ][ http://shadow.pganet.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]@RedHat.users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 13:17 +0200, Woodoo People .pGa! wrote: I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP or DELL. I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the system. HP DL380 G4, 4GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS HP DL360 G4, 2GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS Some Dell models may have issues. Check the Digium website for compatibility (and perhaps the list archives). Both HP boxes work fine with 2 or 4 port E1 cards (hyperthreading is turned off). what are the advantages of turning HT off? Hope I explain this right but although HT creates the notion of 2 processors it still has only one FPU. Any transcoding done on a box with HT turned on will make both processors compete for that one FPU which does not help latency etc. So I just turn it off. If you want good FPU capabilities for transcoding go for an Opteron box. Regards, Patrick ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
[Still Off-topic] On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 09:03:42PM +0200, Woodoo People .pGa! wrote: Keyboardot ragadtam, hogy va'laszoljak Tzafrir Cohen osszedobalt bytejaira: btw: i prefer HP servers (above 3xx) because you can do health monitoring really nice (fans, temp, ps status, etc) configure lm_sensors on just about any system built in the recent years and you'll get those. well, that could be an option, if the mobo is _not_ specialised, for example i could not monitor anything via lm_sensors (or other) stuff on my ibm x235 boxes. If you have an extra system, try building a recent kernel there with all the availble sensors and try re-running sensors-detect . If you don't: just try re-running sensors-detect ... and hp also can report prefailure My stock PC does this as well: smartctl -a /dev/hda (From the package smartmontools) -- Tzafrir Cohen sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] icq#16849755 iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Server Hardware
Hello I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP or DELL. I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the system. I appreciate your input. Thanks, Dave ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
I've had an HP Proliant DL-360 G2 (Pentium IV - 3 GHz with 1 GB memory) in production for a couple of years with 20 Cisco phones and a single T-1. The load is generally nill. I've never seen the load over 1.0, its usually more like 0.1. It is also recording (in WAV format) all inbound calls for several of the extensions. I believe you will find that most of the modern server equipment you purchase will be more than sufficient to handle your needs. However, if you are serious about using 4 T-1s, I would look to use two servers (for redundancy) and have the VoIP phones dual-register to both servers. To make the configurations easy, you could use Realtime in a MySQL database either on a cluster or on another server. The whole point is to eleminate single points of failure. Good luck and have fun! Joe David Sampson wrote: Hello – I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP or DELL. I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the system. I appreciate your input. Thanks, Dave ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 10:57 -0400, David Sampson wrote: Hello – I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP or DELL. I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the system. HP DL380 G4, 4GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS HP DL360 G4, 2GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PS Some Dell models may have issues. Check the Digium website for compatibility (and perhaps the list archives). Both HP boxes work fine with 2 or 4 port E1 cards (hyperthreading is turned off). Regards, Patrick ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
I have setup a Quad T-1 on a Dell 850 but it trunks all calls to a main voip server that is a Dell 2850. We chose to use a Sangoma T-1 card to side step some of the possible problems with motherboards/Dell servers that Patrick mentioned. On 8/16/06, Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 10:57 -0400, David Sampson wrote: Hello – I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP or DELL.I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the system.HP DL380 G4, 4GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PSHP DL360 G4, 2GB mem, 2x 146GB U320 in RAID1, dual hotswap PSSome Dell models may have issues. Check the Digium website for compatibility (and perhaps the list archives).Both HP boxes work fine with 2 or 4 port E1 cards (hyperthreading isturned off).Regards,Patrick___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --asterisk-users mailing listTo UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- BruceNortex Networks ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware
Dell PE 1800s are our standard build. They are tower or Rack capable, have 3 open slots for expansion (2 if you get the remote access card). They are big though (5U) which is both a good and a bad thing. Good in that they have GREAT air flow inside the system so there is rarely any concern of overheating Digium cards. Bad in that they are friggin huge. Realistically though, if comparing in size to your average Avaya PBX for up to 100 users, than really the size is about the same. Regards, Raymond McKayPresidentRAYNET Technologies LLChttp://www.raynettech.com(860) 693-2226 x 31Toll Free (877) 693-2226 - Original Message - From: David Sampson To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:57 AM Subject: [asterisk-users] Server Hardware Hello I am curious as to what hardware folks are using successfully from HP or DELL. I will likely be running just a quad span T1 card with the system. I appreciate your input. Thanks, Dave ___--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --asterisk-users mailing listTo UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] server hardware
AudioCodes is widely available. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 7:40 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] server hardware On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 05:44:40PM -0800, William Boehlke exclaimed: We ship multiple Dell servers every week. Haven't tested the new cards but generally you're fine with Digium T1 if you limit yourself to one card per server. When we are less than T1, we use an external SIP gateway. Which external SIP gateway do you recommend? ___ --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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/153 - Release Date: 11/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/157 - Release Date: 11/2/2005 ___ --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
[Asterisk-Users] server hardware
I was wondering what the concusses is for building a server for asterisk, we are looking at installing it in about 7 locations (all within an hour of each other). I prefer Dell servers, but have seen there is some incompatibility with digium hardware. ( http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=compatibility), anyone have any results using Dell servers? Also what are the opinions as far as redundancy, should I go full bore with dual power supplies, hardwareraid, RHEL, etc? Looking at our existing phone system (nortel and norstar), they do not have redundant power supplies and the voicemail harddrive isn't raid'ed, would definately be cheaper to go with a regular PC and Fedora (and keep a spare one on the shelf), just curious what others have done. ___ --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] server hardware
We ship multiple Dell servers every week. Haven't tested the new cards but generally you're fine with Digium T1 if you limit yourself to one card per server.When we are less than T1, we use an external SIP gateway. Redundency depends on your attitude towards cost and risk. If you have bandwidth and the expertise to have the servers fail over to one another, your servers can provide redundency if you use an n+1 strategy. If the servers need to stand on their own, you are replacing very expensive Nortel with very cheap hardware so why stint on an extra $300 power supply and RAID 1? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe PukepailSent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:32 PMTo: asterisk-users@lists.digium.comSubject: [Asterisk-Users] server hardware I was wondering what the concusses is for building a server for asterisk, we are looking at installing it in about 7 locations (all within an hour of each other). I prefer Dell servers, but have seen there is some incompatibility with digium hardware. ( http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=compatibility), anyone have any results using Dell servers? Also what are the opinions as far as redundancy, should I go full bore with dual power supplies, hardwareraid, RHEL, etc? Looking at our existing phone system (nortel and norstar), they do not have redundant power supplies and the voicemail harddrive isn't raid'ed, would definately be cheaper to go with a regular PC and Fedora (and keep a spare one on the shelf), just curious what others have done.. --No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/153 - Release Date: 11/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.7/153 - Release Date: 11/1/2005 ___ --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] server hardware
Hi Joe, Well, as a practice, we use Intel board based servers in our company. Small servers are usually based on Pentium 4 while bigger ones are based on XEON. In terms of compatibility, I've used Torypine's, Buckner's, ClearWater and the latest VolcanoPeak boards, all exhibited nice performance and compatibility. PSU and the rest are just a matter of funds and how much our client is willing to fork out. Nir S From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pukepail Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 3:32 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] server hardware I was wondering what the concusses is for building a server for asterisk, we are looking at installing it in about 7 locations (all within an hour of each other). I prefer Dell servers, but have seen there is some incompatibility with digium hardware. ( http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=compatibility), anyone have any results using Dell servers? Also what are the opinions as far as redundancy, should I go full bore with dual power supplies, hardwareraid, RHEL, etc? Looking at our existing phone system (nortel and norstar), they do not have redundant power supplies and the voicemail harddrive isn't raid'ed, would definately be cheaper to go with a regular PC and Fedora (and keep a spare one on the shelf), just curious what others have done. ___ --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] server hardware
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 05:44:40PM -0800, William Boehlke exclaimed: We ship multiple Dell servers every week. Haven't tested the new cards but generally you're fine with Digium T1 if you limit yourself to one card per server. When we are less than T1, we use an external SIP gateway. Which external SIP gateway do you recommend? ___ --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
