[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk 1.0.9 long term stability

[canuck15]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Anderson [mailto:ColinA at landmarkmasterbuilder.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:51 AM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk 1.0.9 long term stability
 
As 
> I have said before, a lot of these issues can be resolved 
> before they happen simply by not using random hardware and 
> random distro, and to that end, it might serve Digium well to 
> have a posted HCL and / or sell a certified barebones box and 
> certify Asterisk on a specific RedHat and / or Debian, and if 
> you use anything else, well, tough. 
> 
> I, myself, would prefer to buy this cerified solution instead 
> of sweating through a from-scratch config and crossing your 
> fingers and hoping it is stable. I'm sure a lot of other guys 
> on this list would jump on it as well. 
> 
Digium does sell a certified solution with the Asterisk Business Edition.
It is a Dell PowerEdge 2850.  It is quite a bit more spendy/powerful than is
necessary for a lot of applications though.  This highlights the need for
some more formal way of testing or certifying hardware by the community as a
whole.