[Asterisk-Users] Motherboard and processor recommendations

[canuck15]

There is a discussion on the sourceforge AAH forum about starting some sort
of hardware certification project.  It seems that these sorts of hardware
questions come up a lot and I think there is a need for something more
organized than "This is what I am using and it seems to work ok" sort of
information.

Anyone know how something like this can be done?  Maybe a list of tests
people can do and check off then post their results to a database that
matches up hardware?

Sorry for hijacking your post Domjan.  My 2 cents would be to stay away from
very old and very new hardware.  Focus more on the chipset and onboard
peripherals rather than who's name is on the motherboard.  I would consider
Nforce4 very new.  I am not sure about the AMD server chipsets.  As much as
I love AMD on the desktop, there is no denying that Intel server chipsets
are much more tested in Linux and Asterisk environments.  The heat issues
tend to be better handled in Xeon environments as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: Remco Barende [mailto:asterisk at barendse.to] 
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 2:40 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Motherboard and processor recommendations

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Domjan Attila wrote:

> Hi,
> I sucked the TE410 in a Siemens dual Xeon machine... lot of irq 
> problems, digium support said: try the card in another machine.
> A cheap amd64 + via K8T800 and TE405 works perfectly...

I'm looking for a good, reliable and upgradeable solution too. I don't care
to spend a lot of money if the hardware is reusable. A Dell 2850 is useless
after 3 years, no way to upgrade it. A quality Intel SC5300 for example is
not cheap at all but will last you a lifetime.

But now the difficult task, to find the right mobo. I prefer to go with an
AMD CPU because it is not as power hungry as Intel which only improves
runtime on ups power.

In the category professional mobo's I like the HDAMA from Rioworks which
features an AMD 8111 [HyperTransport I/O Hub] and AMD 8131. [PCI-X Tunnel].
Has anyone ever tried Digium hardware on this chipset or even mobo?

Alternatively I'm considering a regular mobo with an nForce3 or nForce4
chipset. Will these work with Digium hardware?

(Looking at the repsonses most people seem to use Intel stuff?)

Recommendations for quality barebones also welcome :)