Yes I concur that the Dell switches are a good functional choice as well. And priced right.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/4/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Pierce</b> <<a href="mailto:pierceb@westmancom.com">pierceb@westmancom.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">We are using Dell PowerConnect 3448P for voice&data switches with qos<br>and separate vlans for data and voice.<br>
<br>Bob<br><br>On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:55 -0500, John Williams wrote:<br>> Bob,<br>> What are you using for a LAN switch?<br>> Thanks!<br>><br>><br>> On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce <<a href="mailto:pierceb@westmancom.com">pierceb@westmancom.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram<br>> and a<br>> Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called<br>> the A104DE<br>> on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently<br>
> handling 82 users<br>> quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a<br>> few<br>> occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48<br>> concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11<br>
> and peaks<br>> to about 0.4<br>><br>> --<br>> Bob Pierce<br>> Network Analyst<br>> Westman Communications Group<br>><br>><br>> On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote:<br>
> > Thanks for that wisdom, Bob. For this current job, we have<br>> the<br>> > luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put<br>> aside QOS<br>> > (for now).<br>
> ><br>> > Being completely paranoid, I want to buy equipment (switch<br>> &<br>> > PC) proven to operate an * PBX for 50-90 users and 48<br>> concurrent<br>
> > calls.<br>> ><br>> > -- Dell is our preferred PC vendor. Can anyone recommend,<br>> based on<br>> > actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent<br>
> calls?<br>> > (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date)<br>> ><br>> > -- 3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor. Can anyone<br>> recommend,<br>
> > based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and<br>> 48<br>> > concurrent calls?<br>> ><br>> > Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia!<br>
> ><br>> ><br>> > On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy <<a href="mailto:springsource@gmail.com">springsource@gmail.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>> > Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services<br>
> the party<br>> > gets smaller and more expensive. At the point you<br>> are<br>> > building a network that requires QOS, Priority, Per<br>> port<br>
> > VLAN's etc you may as well build with service<br>> provider class<br>> > switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc. It will<br>> help us<br>> > all by eliminating complaints about "VOIP and<br>
> Asterisk" being<br>> > not ready for prime deployment due to maturity<br>> issues when in<br>> > reality, it works fine on a well designed and<br>> constructed<br>
> > network. Most of the time the Telephony system<br>> get's blamed<br>> > for what is actually a poorly designed network.<br>> "Low cost"<br>
> > and "Business grade" may not coexist yet. So just<br>> bite the<br>> > bullet and use Foundry or Cisco. We have deployed a<br>> couple<br>> > systems with over 400 IP voice endpoints and things<br>
> are lookin<br>> > good because of the proper L3 and QOS functionality<br>> that was<br>> > properly designed in to the final solution.<br>> ><br>
> > Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run<br>> seperate<br>> > networks. I mean, why complicate things by<br>> converging voice<br>> > and data. With L2 switching equipment so cheap.<br>
> But you'll<br>> > have to run two cat6 drops everywhere. It's a trade<br>> off. We<br>> > have done it both ways.<br>> ><br>> > Bob<br>
> > Arreva Communications<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 2/3/08, John Williams <<a href="mailto:jw.ip.pbx@gmail.com">jw.ip.pbx@gmail.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>
> > Deal List, Who are the low cost QOS LAN<br>> switch<br>> > vendors with products supported by * for<br>> business<br>> > grade voice service? Thanks<br>
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