[Asterisk-Users] Some more hardware and E1 questions

[Leo Ann Boon]

Daniel Nyström wrote:

>Hi again folks! ;)
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>As before, I will transform one E1 30 Channel PRI into 30 FXS channels using Adit 600.
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>Now I'm into choosing server platform. And the two opponents are:
> * Dell PowerEdge 750 w/ SCSI RAID (or even SATA RAID1)
> * FujistuSiemens PRIMERGY RX100 S2 (SATA RAID1)
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If you're planning to use SATA RAID on PE750, make sure your Linux 
distro supports. Your best bet - use Redhat Enterprise Linux or one of 
it derivatives. I'm using Centos 3, it autodetects the RAID whilst 
Mandrake 10 failed.

>As I've seen people having problem with HP server, I havn't looked at it at all.
>
>What experience do you have with the alternatives above? Which would you recommend?
>
>And another question at the same time; what's really E1?
>How is E1 devices connected? Seems like regular Cat5 cables, but it problably ian't?
>If anyone's using Adit 600, did they send all cables required for connecting to the FXS channels? Seems like a very unique "plug" on the side of Adit.
>
>Thanks!
>
>BR
>Daniel Nyström
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