asterisk users - Jul 2003 - Need a recommendation on a good motherboard/processor combination

I need a recommendation on a good motherboard/processor combination.  I
would like a motherboard that has lots of PCI slots and works well with
Asterisk without problems getting drivers working, etc.  Onboard LAN
would be nice to keep from using a slot.  Plan to use RedHat 8 for the
OS.  
 
Please provide your input as soon as possible.  I need to build a demo
box with 2 ports FXO and use the new 4 Port FXS card as well as connect
a SIP phone.  
 
Thanks,
Clay Graner
 
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from my little experiences, use mb with less onboard stuff
as possible... 
video+lan is ok.
unfortunately all have usb, try to keep usb controllers
minimum as possible.

I've used asus mb with ide+sata+audio+6usb+video+eth
and were pretty unstable. (even if devices are
disabled from bios)
With minimum on board stuff, you're set.

Just my 2cents

Matteo.

Il gio, 2003-07-03 alle 19:16, Clay Graner ha scritto:
> I need a recommendation on a good motherboard/processor combination. 
> I would like a motherboard that has lots of PCI slots and works well
> with Asterisk without problems getting drivers working, etc. Onboard
> LAN would be nice to keep from using a slot.  Plan to use RedHat 8 for
> the OS.  
> 
>  
> 
> Please provide your input as soon as possible.  I need to build a demo
> box with 2 ports FXO and use the new 4 Port FXS card as well as
> connect a SIP phone.  
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Clay Graner
> 
>

I have setup 2 Asterisk boxes both on gigabyte boards (one with onboard LAN and
the other without) and using Intel proc's (A P4 and a P3)..

So far I have had no problems..

Many people have had good results from AMD proc's as well but as I recall
you must not use the AMD optimised kernel and must stick with the i686 kernel..
Not sure why that is or if I am 100 percent correct in that..

Hope that helps..
> I need a recommendation on a good motherboard/processor combination.  I
> would like a motherboard that has lots of PCI slots and works well with
> Asterisk without problems getting drivers working, etc.  Onboard LAN
> would be nice to keep from using a slot.  Plan to use RedHat 8 for the
> OS.  
>  
> Please provide your input as soon as possible.  I need to build a demo
> box with 2 ports FXO and use the new 4 Port FXS card as well as connect
> a SIP phone.  
>  
> Thanks,
> Clay Graner
>  
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I need a recommendation on a good motherboard/processor combination.  I
would like a motherboard that has lots of PCI slots and works well with
Asterisk without problems getting drivers working, etc.  Onboard LAN
would be nice to keep from using a slot.  Plan to use RedHat 8 for the
OS.  
 
Please provide your input as soon as possible.  I need to build a demo
box with 2 ports FXO and use the new 4 Port FXS card as well as connect
a SIP phone.  
 
Thanks,
Clay Graner
 
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On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 13:29, Clay Graner wrote:
> I need a recommendation on a good motherboard/processor combination. 
> I would like a motherboard that has lots of PCI slots and works well
> with Asterisk without problems getting drivers working, etc. Onboard
> LAN would be nice to keep from using a slot.  Plan to use RedHat 8 for
> the OS.  
> 
>  
> 
> Please provide your input as soon as possible.  I need to build a demo
> box with 2 ports FXO and use the new 4 Port FXS card as well as
> connect a SIP phone.  
Boys and girls, this is why microsoft email should not be used. This
email is an exact duplicate of the one sent on Thursday. 

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Steven Critchfield  <critch@basesys.com>

I seem to remember you sent this the other day?  If so I`m guessing you
didn`t get much replies, so...
>I need a recommendation on a good motherboard/processor combination.
>I would like a motherboard that has lots of PCI slots and works well with
>Asterisk without problems getting drivers working, etc.  Onboard LAN
>would be nice to keep from using a slot.  Plan to use RedHat 8 for the OS.
I, and a reseller/consultant friend of mine, used to use ASUS a lot due to
reliability. (note:  I still have a working Asus P100 board running as a
firewall here - probably run for a few years more fault free - they really
used to be fantastic)  In the last few years I personally have had way too
much hassle with faulty boards (DOAs, firmware problems that never got fixed
and intermittant faults specifically for me), and so did this friend of mine
with his custumers, so we both will never touch them with a barge pole.
Maybe they do score well on TH for speed, but I`m in business - I need
reliability as a priority.

I personally have and still do use Gigabyte and have never had a problem -
though the way they have implemented "dual bios" defeats itself.
(meaning a
virus could concievably blow both bios chips away because they are both
writable, and nvram is shared between the two)  The last ASUS board I ever
bought was extremely unreliable (strange intermittant boot problems among
other things) so I replaced it with a Gigiabyte board with the same (VIA
333) chipset and it was solid as a rock (still using it now in fact)
Gigabyte have a lot of boards with 5+ PCI slots, too.

My aforementioned reseller friend is a fan of Intel boards due to
reliability, just good design, and a _very_ good returns policy (very
important when you are reselling to businesses)

Well that`s how I see it - I`m sure others will dispute my claims, but they
are purely experience-based.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Mathew