[Asterisk-biz] SuperMicro Servers

[Cory Andrews]

Thanks Kevin - I appreciate the input.  We are in the midst of constructing 
a PHP based iPBX "configurator" of sorts.  One of the configuration routines 
we are mapping will give offer the ability to construct a 1U or 2U server. 
We will limit the range of configuration options, on the processor side we 
will likely offer AMD or Intel processors with a single proc speed choice, 
but the user will be able to choose single or dual procs so long as the 
chassis they have selected supports it.  From there, they will be able to 
upgrade RAM from a 512MB Base, choose single or dual HDD's, single or Dual 
P/S.  Next, they will be able to choose the Digium board they require, as 
well as the option to have us install Linux and Asterisk Biz Edition.

We are not going to get into actual configuration of the pBX itself in the 
configuration tool.

Right now I am trying to work up a list of servers that will support the new 
Digium TDM2400 series, in terms of available space inside the chassis to 
physically fit the card in correctly.  If you have any input on that I would 
love to hear about it.

Thanks,

Cory Andrews
Purchasing Manager
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming at digium.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] SuperMicro Servers


> Cory Andrews wrote:
>> Nate - Are a lot of folks utilizing Opteron processors?  We utilize 
>> mainly Intel around here but I prefer AMD outside the office as well, 
>> they've come along way since the K62 Series
>
> We (Digium) have recently bought some Dell servers, but we also really 
> (really) like Opterons and have recently built a 3TB storage server using 
> a dual Opteron platform. Asterisk runs quite well on AMD 64-bit CPUs (also 
> Intel, obviously) so for your business you would do well to consider 
> offering and supporting both.
>
> I would echo the previous reply's comment: dual power supplies are must 
> for anyone using these systems for serious applications. We bought Dells 
> because up until recently there were only three manufacturers producing 1U 
> servers with dual power supplies: Dell, IBM and SuperMicro. IBM was much 
> more expensive, and SuperMicro uses SATA chips that didn't have 
> open-source Linux drivers (they do now). If we built our own servers in 
> the future, we'd go with SuperMicro, but we bought another batch of Dells 
> primarily for consistency, support and lack of time to put boxes together 
> :-)
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