[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk on Soekris

[Colin Anderson]

> So, I'm wondering does anyone have real-life
> comparisons on the failure rate of a PC compared to the failure rate of
> some of these options??

Obviously, an embedded PC or something that is designed such as a Sokeris is
made to last a *long* time, but in my experience, a Tier 1 PC (older Compaq,
HP, *not* consumer) PC fares well. I use old Tier 1 PC's for utility jobs
like small firewalls or FTP servers or hell even homebrew SAN's and the
like, and they just keep chugging. I've never seen a power supply die on a
Deskpro, and I've been using them for > 10 years. They seem immune to the
stupid minor problems that bring clones to a halt, like dust in the fans.
I'd never use a clone in an an application where the life expectancy is
greater than a year. I sleep well at night knowing that all of those old
PC's will be quietly running and doing their jobs just fine the next day.
Also, Tier 1 PC's typically are well documented, you can still get drivers
for them, and the design is consitient and *made* for business applications.
For example, every Deskpro ever made allows you to run it headless, there's
an option for it right in the BIOS.