[asterisk-biz] Colocated Asterisk Server

[Chris Bagnall]

> > I wasn't suggesting a tower case (in case that's what you meant).  Get a
> > 4U/5U rackmount case.

Given most datacentres will charge either by the rack or by the U, that's a heck of a lot of space to rent for one server.

As others have suggested, a 1U/2U chassis with one of the low-power Xeon variants is probably your best bet. Make sure whatever kernel you're using has the appropriate ACPI stuff to enable low-power modes on the CPU (C1 I think, on recent Intel chips).

And avoid FB-DIMMs - they're *incredibly* power hungry compared to bog-standard ECC DIMMs.

Regards,

Chris