[asterisk-users] Digium Card: Power Connector, from SATA to NORMAL

[Steve Totaro]

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Rob Hillis <rob at hillis.dyndns.org> wrote:
>
>  Steve Totaro wrote:
>  Man that is an ugly hack, but I guess it may be required in some rare
> situation, I guess if the power supply of the server is already
> nearing it's rating.
>
> I would still go with a sata to molex connector and even a Y molex
> splitter if at all possible.
>
>
>  Actually I can see exactly where this may be useful.  I can think of at
> least one customer off the top of my head who has insisted on having a
> TDM2400 installed in a Dell server that we know can't provide enough power
> to the card where it's being used as a collection of FXS ports.  Of course
> we've advised them of the limitation, but they completely ignored us.  :)
>
>  Something like this would have allowed us to provide a solution to a
> problem that is likely to come back and bite us in the future.
>

I see your point in that circumstance, but I would have employed a
channel bank, totally avoiding your inevitable future bite.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro