[asterisk-users] Opinion on hardware (computer) for an Asterisk Server!

[Gordon Henderson]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Raúl Gómez C. wrote:

> Good point Gordon, but I have 2 spare drives (of line), the server has 2 
> (redundant) PSU, one of this brand new, the fans has already failed and 
> has bee replaced, so there are brand new too.

> I'm not sure if a server has another component that is prone to fail, so 
> any advise/suggestion is welcome.

Hard to say, really. Electrolytic capacitors are what tends to fail 
over the longer term, and I'd put in a new CMOS/RTC battery for good 
measure too.

And I'm sure you're not alone in trying to recycle old hardware - I myself 
have several old systems acting as various test servers/firewalls, etc. 
but none that are in what I'd consider to be a "mission critical" 
position.

I'd suggest it would be a good system to develop the software on, test 
your dial-plans, etc. but I'd still want to look at modern hardware for a 
live production system.

Gordon


> Thanks Gordon!

On 10/11/07, Gordon Henderson <gordon+asterisk at drogon.net> wrote:
>
>
> Yes - You should be fine. (Based on my own use of 1GHz Via boards)
>
> However, it's OLD.
>
> 6 years old now. What's going to fail first? The drives? PSU? Fans? Are
> you going to put your company's phone system which has to "just work" on
> an aging server? Do yourself a favour and spend some money on a modern
> box.
>
>
> You're probably going to spend somewhere in the region of £3500 on the
> phones themselves (probably more), so even a quarter of that will get you
> a good modern box to run it all on....
>
> (Which with the right processor and drive configuration will probably suck
> less power too, if that's a concern for you)
>
> Gordon
>