[Asterisk-Users] Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk on Dell blade servers

[Alistair Cunningham]

Linus,

Good point, we'll bear this in mind.

Alistair Cunningham,
Integrics Ltd,
+44 (0)7870 699 479
http://integrics.com/


Linus Surguy wrote:
> One thing to be aware of is that Dell blade (as well as many other 
> brand) servers are very heavy beasts.
> 
> In any deployment with these, check the physical dimensions, check the 
> weight and ensure that it will actually install into the rack that you 
> are using. Also, check the power consumption and heat output and check 
> with your data centre supplier once you know your final rack 
> configuration that it is within their permitted limits. This is essential!
> 
> Linus
> Magrathea
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Cunningham" 
> <acunningham at integrics.com>
> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
> <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>; "Commercial and Business-Oriented 
> Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 5:21 PM
> Subject: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk on Dell blade servers
> 
> 
>> We've been asked to quote for a large cluster running Asterisk and our 
>> ITSP in a box product. The system will be SIP throughout, with mixed 
>> codecs.
>>
>> We're considering using Dell blade servers, 1855 or similar, on the 
>> grounds that we normally use Dell machines and they work well, but we 
>> need higher rack density.
>>
>> Has anyone used these? Any feedback on whether they're 
>> good/bad/indifferent? What scalability do you get on simple SIP-SIP 
>> forwarding either with or without RTP passing through Asterisk?
>>
>> -- 
>> Alistair Cunningham,
>> Integrics Ltd,
>> +44 (0)7870 699 479
>> http://integrics.com/
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