[Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box

[David Gomillion]

That's about the scale we're planning per server.  We just purchased a Dell
PowerEdge 1600SC for the job (able to go dual Xeon, but we're starting with
one 2.8GHz, will add a second and recompile if we need 2 procs).

The nice thing about this box is that it seems to have 2 of each kind of PCI
slot: 2 x 64-bit/100MHz PCI-X (Supports 3.3v or Universal cards), 2 x
64-bit/66MHz PCI (Supports 3.3v or Universal cards), and 2 x 32-bit/33MHz
PCI (Supports legacy 5v or Universal cards)

Price after rebate: about $800 US.

I'll let you know how it goes when it comes in.  It should be early next
week.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aram Ter-Martirosyan" <aram at hi-teck.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:21 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box


> I don't need to use the lowest end server for asterisk, but something
> reasonable.  I need to put one TE410P and 2 TDM400P boards in it.  We have
> about 20 heavy telephone users in the company.  Can someone suggest
> reasonable priced and reliable box?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aram Ter-Martirosyan
> Senior Account Manager
> Hi-Tech Gateway, Inc.
> http://www.hi-teck.com
> 1225 Grand Central Ave.
> Glendale, CA 91201
> aram at hi-teck.com
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> fax 818.546.4617
> Turning Technology Into Business Solutions
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of James H.
> Thompson
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:44 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box
>
>
> FAQ for Dell 400SC:
>
>     http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8
>
>
> Jim
>
> James H. Thompson
> jht at lava.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "calvis" <calvis at itechgroup.com>
> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:33 AM
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box
>
>
> I got in on the same Dell deal I think.
>
> You must hang out on the bargain boards just like I do?  I hang out mainly
> at fatwallet.com.   This is the thread that I got in on the Dell machines
> that I just recently purchased.
>
>
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?start=920&catid=24&threadid=
> 264777
>
> I found out by another 400SC user and you can not control assign
interrupts
> on the PCI slots on this machine.   Does that point bother you if you are
> going to run this unit with *?   I want to put 3 X100P cards and 1 TDM400P
> in my up coming 400SC, but not sure if I will have conflict if I use up
all
> the PCI slots in the machine.
>
>
> Charles Alvis
> Internet Technology Group
> Redmond, WA
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul Mahler
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:54 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box
>
> I have a Dell 400sc sever on order. It will be shipped on the 27th. It is
a
> 2.4GHz P4 with a 533 MHz front side bus, a 40GB disk, 128MB of memory,
sound
> card, ethernet, and year of on-site next day maintenance.
>
> It is $318 delivered after rebates. Yes, $318.
>
> This is a real server, by the way, not a desktop machine. It also makes NO
> noise. I can't hear a thing with my ear right next to it.
>
> Why would you even THINK about getting anything else?
>
> Paul
>
> Paul Mahler
> mail:pmahler at signate.com
> phone: 650.207.9855
> fax: 877.408.0105
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Chris
Albertson
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:32 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] ultra-cheap asterisk box
>
>
>
> I'm looking to do about the same thing, build very low cost
> systems.  (I'm looking at putting Asterisk at some
> non-profit organizations.)   but one thing you can't make
> a compromise on is reliabilty.  It has to work and keep working
> for years to come.  I was able to keep the price of a new PC
> to about $300 ad still use an ASUS mainboard and an AMD XP2600+
> The trick is to add absolutly nothing not needed.  No floppy,
> no CDROM so you can run off a 200W P/S.  Next I'll experiment
> with a notebook sized IDE disk drives and to see if _underclocking_
> the CPU reduces it's power comsumption enough that we can save
> one fan.
>
> Ideally Asterisk will be ported one day to Linux/ARM or some
> other very low cost platform.  for VOIP you do not need the
> PCI slots.  In theory Asterisk could run on a Lynksys router
> box with re-flashed EEPROM.  After all Lynksys' latest wireless
> router runs Linux inside
>
> Low cost to me means "low total cost of ownership"  To get this
> I don't think buying the lowest priced parts is the way to go.
> I want quality mainboard, and a quality power supply and, this
> is importernt:  A low internal case temperature.  for this reason
> I'll spend the extra $50 to go with Antec cases and ASUS mainboards
> over the generic ones.
>
> What I'm finding is that the PCs are so cheap that the cost of
> electric power to run them is now a large part of the cost.
> (assume 0.20/kwh times 200W times 365 days = $350.  So you
> pay for the PC again every year in electric power to run it.
> Worse.  In an office with airconditioning _all_ of that PC's
> 200W goes to heat and your A/C unit will use about 220W of
> power to remove that 200W of heat.)
> and at a small office they will not have a server room so noise
> from the fan is an issue.
>
> --- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy at karlsbakk.net> wrote:
> > hi all
> >
> > what about this...
> > I just put together a box on a web shop (komplett.no) that will cost
> > me
> > NOK ~1850 (¤ 216) plus a small ¤50 drive and cables, so say ¤300.
> > This
> > consists of a cheap MB with a duron 1400, 256MB SDRAM and two HFC-PCI
> > cards (if capijod will finish off the zaptel-driver soon). This is
> > all
> > in a cheap PC case.
> >
> > What do you think? Should this be doable? as a product? With only IP
> > phones and potentially a fax solution? any ideas?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > roy
> >
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