<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
<title></title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
i could not recommend dell more.<br>
and also to say, there is loads of support for 2.4 and 2.6 kernels for
most if not all of there hardware.<br>
"times are a changing!"<br>
<br>
the best bang for buck(only a few months ago) is the poweredge
sc430..(extremely quiet, without a load)<br>
works perfectly, everything!<br>
<br>
with regard to irq problems, you will get that with any
machine/hardware. not just dell.<br>
when i build or commission a new server, i always run hardware tests.
like ram, hard drive, processor and motherboard.<br>
checking motherboard for interrupt conflicts etc.(with all cards
installed)<br>
the best all round tool for this is the UBCD. universal boot cd (
goggle )<br>
there are a few versions, ie. a small(about 35meg) and a large one(
abit over 100meg)...for memory.<br>
<br>
i have a lot of dell machines, including some very old ones.. that
still go hard...<br>
the engineering in these machines is the reason why i use them.<br>
i have pulled a lot of machines/servers apart, and there one of the
best..<br>
<br>
<br>
there my bit! hope it helps...<br>
<br>
Phil<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
William Boehlke wrote:<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid20051221015236.7DFBA44C2A8@relay1.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">We have more than a hundred Dell servers in production at customers. We use
them because we can have them serviced easily, just about anywhere.
They are principally 1850s and 2850s, or their predecessors, in T1 and
larger applications.
The reported IRQ problems are easily avoided if, for example, you don't use
more than one card in a server or, better yet, don't use cards at all.
-----Original Message-----
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] On Behalf Of C F
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:22 PM
To: Walt Reed; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] What is the best Dell Machine for Asterisk?
Last time I checked Dell does support Linux.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&">http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&</a>
oc=pe2850-max&s=bsd
Scroll down to the OS chose and you'll see out of 26 choices only 4
are M$, the rest minus one are for a total of 21 linux choices.
On 12/19/05, Walt Reed <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:asterisk@linuxguy.com"><asterisk@linuxguy.com></a> wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Why oh why would you want to install *, which runs on Linux, on a
machine made by a company that does NOT support Linux? Both IBM and HP
do a pretty good job of supporting Linux. So do other Linux oriented
companies like PenguinComputing.com
Digium cards have historically been a little finicky in regards to which
machines they work in, but Sangoma cards should work in virtually any
modern machine that has the right type of slots (careful with some
modern servers that ONLY have PCI Express slots.) Hopefully someone can
comment about modern digium cards in regards to compatability. Have they
gotten better?
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 08:44:38AM +0800, Hiu Yen Onn said:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Then, how about Acer? Does it work well with asterisk?
Simone Cittadini wrote:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Matt Florell ha scritto:
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">The best Dell for a production environment Asterisk server is no Dell
at all. They make some great workstations, but I've had many problems
with their servers(as have many others on this list) when trying to
use them in production for Asterisk. Take a look at the Digium
compatibility list:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=compatibility">http://www.digium.com/index.php?menu=compatibility</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">*I've installed a PowerEdge 2850 - Xeon 3.0GHz/2MB, 800FSB with two
TE410P in it, the cards didn't worked out of the box, but they worked
after a couple of hours googling around, and it is in production since
3 months, never gone down.
*
*(I'm not advocating dell, actually I don't even like dell as a
society, only sharing my experience)
</pre>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
Asterisk-Users mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->_______________________________________________
--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
Asterisk-Users mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users</a>
_______________________________________________
--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
Asterisk-Users mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users">http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>