[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk on Dell blade servers

[Linus Surguy]

One thing to be aware of is that Dell blade (as well as many other brand) 
servers are very heavy beasts.

In any deployment with these, check the physical dimensions, check the 
weight and ensure that it will actually install into the rack that you are 
using. Also, check the power consumption and heat output and check with your 
data centre supplier once you know your final rack configuration that it is 
within their permitted limits. This is essential!

Linus
Magrathea

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alistair Cunningham" <acunningham at integrics.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 5:21 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk on Dell blade servers


> We've been asked to quote for a large cluster running Asterisk and our 
> ITSP in a box product. The system will be SIP throughout, with mixed 
> codecs.
>
> We're considering using Dell blade servers, 1855 or similar, on the 
> grounds that we normally use Dell machines and they work well, but we need 
> higher rack density.
>
> Has anyone used these? Any feedback on whether they're 
> good/bad/indifferent? What scalability do you get on simple SIP-SIP 
> forwarding either with or without RTP passing through Asterisk?
>
> -- 
> Alistair Cunningham,
> Integrics Ltd,
> +44 (0)7870 699 479
> http://integrics.com/
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