[Asterisk-Users] RAID/SCSI/IDE/SATA and a TE405P (or T100P) card. Should I expect problems?

Scott Laird scott at sigkill.org
Thu Jul 22 11:14:24 MST 2004


On Jul 22, 2004, at 9:41 AM, Deon Rodden wrote:

> I'm confused. In the end, overall, which is best for a T100P (or even a
> TE405P) card? IDE or SCSI? Raid or No Raid?
>
> I was anticpating putting a single Quad-Port TE405P inside a Dell 
> PowerEdge,
> Dual 1.3ghz Processors, SCSI Hard Drive (No Raid).  Was going to run 4 
> Full
> T1 PRI's into it, either all from 1 carrier, or 4 different carriers.
>
> Can/Should I expect problems (echo, dropped calls, poor quality, etc.)?
> Should I hunt down a high end IDE based Server? Or even SATA based 
> server?

SCSI is fine.  The biggest problem with SCSI is expense--it's 
frequently a big premium over IDE and it doesn't always return much on 
that investment.  If you already have a SCSI system, there's no reason 
to expect problems.


Scott




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