[Asterisk-Users] Re: How many TDM2400P's will a server take?

Rob Lith rob at connection-telecom.com
Thu Feb 9 14:22:29 MST 2006


I doubt a system would handle two, aside from the power draw the heat is
radical.

Rob

On 2/9/06, Hans Witvliet <hwit at a-domani.nl> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 10:07 -0200, Juan Carlos Castro y Castro wrote:
> > > Juan Carlos Castro y Castro wrote:
>
> > >
> > > I would not recommend running that much load in a single server of
> FXS,
> > > because the power supply requirements are too great, but if at least
> > > half is FXO then you should be fine. Four TDM2400Ps is the same amount
> > > of Zaptel load as a single quad-port T1 card, so most servers should
> be
> > > able to handle it.
> >
> > Sweet! So -- what are the specs of that server you tested on?
> Specifically,
> > the power supply wattage? My intended use here is all FXS, so I suppose
> a
> > limit of 2 would be reasonable.
> >
> > By the way -- don't you think it would be nice if some FXS hardware had
> some
> > way to drain power from somewhere else that the PC's power supply?
> Forgive
> > me if this idea has already been discussed to death there.
> >
>
> Just wondering,
> Considering costs & power demands, might it not be advisable to have a
> look at one or two channelbanks and a single/dual line T1-board?
>
> If you need a second or even third machine to host the tdm2400 boards,
> it might get expensive and get your config unneeded compicated...
>
> Hans
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