[asterisk-users] Best Hardware for Asterisk Server?

[Doug]

At 07:20 1/2/2007, Mark Greene, wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>In your experience what is the best way to go for a production 
>asterisk box in your offices? With desktop prices so cheap you might 
>think that you should just buy them off the shelf, but is that 
>really a reliable machine? Anything you can tell me that would 
>assist me in deciding the best way to obtain and maintain these 
>boxes would be very helpful. I have even looked into building system 
>myself that have no moving parts, but for about the same price I can 
>build an immensely more powerful machine WITH moving parts.
>
>- Mark

Case:
1 CodeGen 4U Server Case $80
http://tinyurl.com/bnobz
http://tinyurl.com/95s2b

Power Supply:
1 Dual 450 W. Power supply  -- IStar
https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PS-TC50R8A
http://www.directron.com/tc400r8.html

Motherboard, CPU & 2GB of memory:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hmx?&scriteria=MB-BA23083
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA21409

2 Hard Drives in RAID 1 config:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA48770

Digium card:
2 port, 64 bit, 3.3 volt