Brian McEntire
2009-Jul-20 17:09 UTC
[asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for "one or two low-power standard PCI board" I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Brian McEntire Photographer & Owner B Scott Photography (240) 358-6655 studio www.bscottphoto.com
Look into AstLinux as one possible solution for both Asterisk and a firewall on the 5501, with no hard drive. John Novack Brian McEntire wrote:> Hello - > I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now > using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). > I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. > Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power > than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by > consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, > low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. > > Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be > compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? > > Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support > for "one or two low-power standard PCI board" > > I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying > voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I > wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job > to supply this card. > > If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream > small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? > >-- Dog is my co-pilot
At 10:09 AM 7/20/2009, you wrote:>If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream >small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server?I just built a box for my Asterisk system using an Intel Motherboard with an Atom 330, 5400 RPM HD, TDM 400 with 4 red cards and the cheap PS hat came with the case. Draws 43 watts according to my Kill-A-Watt and except for the TDM 400 which I already had it cost under 250 as parts from NewEgg. The only annoyance might be it has only one ethernet port with the only easy place to put another being a USB port. Ira
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote:> Hello - > I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now > using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). > I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. > Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power > than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by > consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, > low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. > > Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be > compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box?Hi I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing similiar at another site, but a bigger box. Alex> > Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support > for "one or two low-power standard PCI board" > > I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying > voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I > wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job > to supply this card. > > If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream > small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? >-- Expense Accounts, n.: Corporate food stamps. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20090721/b0e022a2/attachment.pgp