I was just wondering if there are any problems using the latest FreePBX with SATA Raid 1 using hardware assisted software Raid like most modern chipsets support? I know that Digium and FreePBX were not recommending it awhile back but I think that was based on 2.4 Kernel and Digium hardware issues. I am assuming it is not a problem with the latest FreePBX using 2.6 Kernel and Sangoma cards? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
I believe that depends what you do with your Asterisk. If your hard drives I/O is not intensive then go for it. I got a SOHO Asterisk installed on Athlon XP 2000+ and ATA 100 Software RAID-1. The server is mostly idle but there are times it does some work and it's also serving as extremely low I/O file server and a pptp gateway. The asterisk's job, if matters, is to take incoming calls, record them into a wav, encode to mp3 and mail away. It also being used as a SIP host to peer with other VoIP suppliers. It does some work, but not so much I must admit; works tho. No complains here. mustardman29 wrote:> > I was just wondering if there are any problems using the latest FreePBX with > SATA Raid 1 using hardware assisted software Raid like most modern chipsets > support? > > I know that Digium and FreePBX were not recommending it awhile back but I > think that was based on 2.4 Kernel and Digium hardware issues. I am > assuming it is not a problem with the latest FreePBX using 2.6 Kernel and > Sangoma cards? > > Any info would be greatly appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
----- mustardman29 <mustardman29@hotmail.com> wrote:> I know that Digium and FreePBX were not recommending it awhile back > but I > think that was based on 2.4 Kernel and Digium hardware issues. I amCan you give me a pointer to any place where Digium recommended against using hardware RAID cards? I can't imagine that being an issue for Asterisk or any of our hardware. -- Kevin P. Fleming Senior Software Engineer Digium, Inc.
So nobody has any problems with SATA hard drives and newer FreePBX/Asterisk versions with Digium TDM400, TDM2400 or Sangoma A200 cards?> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Julian J. M. [mailto:julianjm@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:37 AM > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and SATA Raid 1 > > > > Hi, > > > > I also remember reading that.. but i'm not sure if it was Digium's > > word ;) It had to do with some SCSI and SATA controllers taking > > control of the PCI bus for too much time, and causing > frame-slips or > > IRQ losses on TDM hardware. > > > > Julian. > > > > On 6/5/06, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming@digium.com> wrote: > > > > > > ----- mustardman29 <mustardman29@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I know that Digium and FreePBX were not recommending it > > awhile back > > > > but I think that was based on 2.4 Kernel and Digium > > hardware issues. > > > > I am > > > > > > Can you give me a pointer to any place where Digium > > recommended against using hardware RAID cards? I can't imagine that > > being an issue for Asterisk or any of our hardware. > > > > > > -- > > > Kevin P. Fleming > > > Senior Software Engineer > > > Digium, Inc. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > >