[asterisk-users] Supermicro X7SPE (Atom) as Asterisk server?

[Andrew Latham]

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Ryan Wagoner <rswagoner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Andrew Latham <lathama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Vahan Yerkanian <vahan at arminco.com> wrote:
>>> Has anyone used this board as an Asterisk server?
>>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPE.cfm?typ=H&IPMI=Y
>>>
>>> I'm mostly interested about the possible compatibility issues this board may
>>> have with the AEX800 card.
>>
>> Yes that is a great system and the built-in IPMI is a livesaver...  if
>> you are using a full size harddrive you need to apply some protection
>> to the card in the case (the superserver 1U).  They are close but not
>> touching...
>>
>> --
>> ~~~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lathama at gmail.com ~~~
>
> I have the X7SPE-HF-D525, 1U SC503-200B case and SSD for my firewall.
> Just keep in mind the 1U case with no fans is like an oven. In a 75F
> room the system temp was 132F and the CPU was 163F. This is within
> operating limits of the Atom platform. However I'm not sure I would
> want a hard drive and telco card in there as well. I ended up putting
> a 40mm rated for 7cfm of airflow fan in the case. The temps dropped
> dramatically to 120F system and 131F.
>
> Ryan

We are using the standard power supply but both of our data centers
are kept at 14C to 16C.  Most of the PBXs get virtualized but a few
customers pay for their own box.

-- 
~~~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lathama at gmail.com ~~~