<div dir="ltr">Minimum 3 days to Next Day Air something in.<div><br></div><div>My real concern is the Analog Extensions getting hit by lightening and taking out the server, but since the cards are module based hopefully this will not happen. I may use your hot spare idea.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Carlos Alvarez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carlos@televolve.com" target="_blank">carlos@televolve.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">If you have the budget for two machines, run all services on one and keep the other for a hot backup. Rsync the configs nightly. I'm guessing that spare parts/repairs are far away from where you will be?<div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Jared Baxley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jared.baxley@gmail.com" target="_blank">jared.baxley@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Client - Not for Profit in the Middle of the Jungle/Rain Forrest<div><br></div><div>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.<br>
<br>Analog Extensions will be on Digium <span style="background-color:rgb(246,246,246);color:rgb(65,65,65);font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">TDM2400 or Sangoma A400 Cards.</span></div>
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<br></div><div>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)</div>
<div><br></div><div>A New Dell Power-edge Server will be acquired for the PBX</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#414141" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px">HERE IS MY QUESTION....</span></font></div>
<div><br></div><div>Would you purchase a NEW TOWER Server with PCI slots to accommodate the cards,</div><div><br></div><div>OR</div><div><br></div><div>Purchase a NEW RACK MOUNT server for the PBX, and Buy/Build a Cheaper Server just for the analog extensions, </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Opinions?</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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