[asterisk-users] Best Hardware for Asterisk Server?

[joe a.]

Mark Greene<markgreene at gmail.com> Wrote on: 1/2/2007 12:58 PM:
> I believe I am going to start out with some refurbished Dell Poweredge
> servers. They have had a high success rate with a friend.

I was going to go that route as well.  But, depends on the model.  I have several of the Poweredge 2300/2400 variety and these seem problematic.  I could not get the final compile steps to perform on the 2400, for instance.  Forget the exact issue.

Also, these models, at least, do not directly support IDE drives, such as CD/DVD items.  You are limited to SCSI versions, or trying to hack in an IDE controller.  Which is fine, I guess, if all your source/install software is on CD.  Or until the CDdrive fails and you have to hunt up a SCSI version.

I've not seen, at any price, scsi versions of DVD drives.  I am looking at the ACARD AEC7720-U IDE-SCSI bridge (converter) to get over that.

joe a.