[Asterisk-Users] Recommended rack-mountable server anyone?

[yusuf at ecntelecoms.com]

Hi,

we have used about 6 Intel rack mounted servers, with dual Xeon
processors, (I have forgotten the exact make.)  we used them with Digium
quad span pri cards, and some with Sangoma cards, works well . These
servers are still pretty solid.  they come with two onboard NICs, and with
the Digium cards, one of the NICS had to be disabled cause of interrupt
clashes.  Other wise they have worked well.

> I forgot about one other issue we had with the 2850.  The integrated
> NICs caused interrupt issues with the TE411P.  We had to disable the
> integrated NICs, and installed dual port gigabit intel NIC.
>
> Stagg Shelton
> www.oneringnetworks.com
>
> mitcheloc at gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Alexander, Perhaps I'm wrong, but I have a server here next to my desk
>>(IBM e325) and I tried to fit a normal pci card into it. The slots are
>>completely different and the card would not fit.. this was just a pci
>>dvi video card. The server specs say that it is using PCI-X technology
>>for the slots so this leads me to believe that they are not compatible
>>as one would think.
>>
>>Cory Andrew, I will look into the supermicro servers again, I'm not
>>keen on the handles up front on them though, that makes for awkward
>>handling (imo).
>>
>>Wow Stagg, Thank you for that first hand knowledge. These are things
>>you just can't learn until you buy a product and experience it first
>>hand. I'm not so sure that we want to Frankenstein our own cable for
>>this configuration though! (yikes!)
>>
>>Hopefully some other people will pipe up too with some more server
>> suggestions!
>>
>>On 2/22/06, Stagg Shelton <asterisk at oneringnetworks.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>We just installed asterisk for a customer using a Dell 2850.  It has 3
>>>pci slots.  My customers configuration contained a TE411p Quad Span PRI,
>>>and a TDM400P with 4 FXS Modules.  The only problem that we had with the
>>>2850 was getting power to the TDM400P.  We located a power connector on
>>>the backplane that supplied the required 12v.  I think it was originally
>>>intended to power a tape backup drive.  We ultimately sacraficed a power
>>>supply to get at it's 12V P4 connector.  We then used a voltmeter to put
>>>together a pinout for the dell power port, and frankensteined together a
>>>cable that could be used to power the TDM400P.    Aside from the power
>>>issue, the platform seems rock solid.
>>>
>>>Stagg Shelton
>>>www.oneringnetworks.com
>>>
>>>
>>>mitcheloc at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hey everyone,
>>>>
>>>>I've been doing a lot of research into a decent server for Asterisk
>>>>but I seem to be running and circles and now I am turning to you. The
>>>>issue I have is it needs to be rack mountable (so a Dell SC430 isn't
>>>>going to work) and preferably have 3 pci ports. The problem that I
>>>>seem to be running into is that when I look at servers from Dell or
>>>>IBM or the like they only seem to support PCI-X which (from what I
>>>>understand) does not support the Digium cards that we already have and
>>>>that they still make. So if anyone has a suggestion or has a server
>>>>they rather prefer for it's reliability, expandability, etc, please
>>>>recommend it!
>>>>
>>>>Thank you in advance,
>>>>Mitchel
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