[asterisk-users] Wierd question - Give me your opinion please

[Jared Baxley]

Client - Not for Profit in the Middle of the Jungle/Rain Forrest

Infrastructure - Datacenter is Non Climate Controlled, Prone to Flooding,
and has Sketchy Power, LAN - NEW Cabling in main Office building, Hodge
Podge of DYI wiring across remaining buildings. Phones - Total of about 50
extensions. Only about 25 - 30 phones will be IP phones, 20-30 more will
have to be analog due to the distance.

Analog Extensions will be on Digium TDM2400 or Sangoma A400 Cards.

Analog extensions WILL Hit a Surge Gate before the cards, and as much
precaution on grounding protection and power protection is being taken as
possible. The cards WILL BE PCI not PCI-e (They are being donated)

A New Dell Power-edge Server will be acquired for the PBX

HERE IS MY QUESTION....

Would you purchase a NEW TOWER Server with PCI slots to accommodate the
cards,

OR

Purchase a NEW RACK MOUNT server for the PBX, and Buy/Build a Cheaper
Server just for the analog extensions,


I'm torn... The ease of management of one server, or the "isolation" of
analog extensions scattered through the jungle on it's own server.

Opinions?
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