[Asterisk-Users] Hardware Suggestions (Newbie)

[Michael Swan]

At 02:00 PM 1/18/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I plan on integrating * into our current POTS environment, first as
>voicemail / IVR and then branching into voip. I just receive a TDM04B (to
>use with 4 extensions on our current PBX), but the mother board I ordered I
>placed got canceled.
>
>This gives me the opportunity to solicit suggestions on MB / chip sets that
>work well with *.
>
>I plan on starting with the Xorcom package and customizing as necessary from
>there.
>
>Future TDM cards are likely, as is VOIP from a few (less than 10) home
>offices.
>
>I'd like to fit this into an existing ATX enclosure, and as a matter of
>personal preference I like AMD over intel, but I'm willing to be convinced.
>
>Can any of you offer suggestions as to hardware (specifically MB / Chip /
>Memory) that works well in this situation?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>--Seth

Since you have a Digium TDM04B, stay away from the Supermicro-
based motherboards. Digium specifically says that the TDM series
will *not* work with Dell PowerEdge 650/700/750 models and with
HP DL380 G4 models, all of which use the Supermicro MB.

Michael Swan
Neon Software, Inc.