[asterisk-users] HW recommendations for small, cheap, reliable server

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, David Backeberg wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM, drew einhorn<drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Have a bunch of old clunker boxes on the scrap heap that would
>> probably do the job as a server.  But I'm not confident
>> they would be reliable enough.
>>
>> Capable of supporting maximum of a dozen 2-line ATAs.
>
> Spend the money on a 1-port digium T1 card, and get a T1 service if
> you're looking for 'better than scrap heap' reliability. A dozen ATAs
> doesn't sound like a winning approach when it comes to complexity.
>

I'm sure he meant for the phones, not for the POTS lines.

He didn't mention how many POTS lines, and that might blow his "couple 
hundred dollars"...  I have had good luck with Rhino 4 port cards with EC, 
but just the card is over $400 (?).

j