I have a Dell PowerEdge 4300 server with dual Zenon 550 MHz processors, SCSI controller with four 9MB drives and 1 GB of RAM. I want to develop an asterisk pbx with 4 POTS lines in and 16 analog extensions (no VOIP). I also will install a sound card for an intercom. Is this hardware sufficient if using a Digium TDM2400P? -- Thanks, David Little M&M Technology, Inc. david at mandm-tech.com 704.882.9432 x3 704.882.0405 FAX
----- "David Little" <david at mandm-tech.com> wrote:> I have a Dell PowerEdge 4300 server with dual Zenon 550 MHz > processors, > SCSI controller with four 9MB drives and 1 GB of RAM. I want to > develop > an asterisk pbx with 4 POTS lines in and 16 analog extensions (no > VOIP). > I also will install a sound card for an intercom. Is this hardware > sufficient if using a Digium TDM2400P?<whistle> Zenons?!? Those must be brand new on the market... :-) In all seriousness, yes, I would think that hardware should handle the calls. BUT, how much will you be spending on power? My quick Googling shows thats a pretty beefy box. For what you could save in power, buy a shiny little Intel Atom based or similar low power system. You'll save on your monthly electrical costs plus, you'll have headroom to do other telephony tasks and not have to worry about your system load causing poor voice quality. My $0.02 USD. I accept cash only. :-) --Tim
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, David Little wrote:> I have a Dell PowerEdge 4300 server with dual Zenon 550 MHz processors, > SCSI controller with four 9MB drives and 1 GB of RAM. I want to develop > an asterisk pbx with 4 POTS lines in and 16 analog extensions (no VOIP). > I also will install a sound card for an intercom. Is this hardware > sufficient if using a Digium TDM2400P?Since I'm happy doing that (or something similar) on a 1GHz processor with 256MB of RAM, I'd suggest that your box is somewhat over-specced.... It'll keep the room warm though. Gordon
Yes, this machine will be enough for that task. Performance wise. The other good thing is that it is not very likely that someone will steal your PBX. As far as I remember it is a 7 rack unit box which weights approx. one metric ton. ;-) But remember - if anything dies in the box and you have to get spare parts quick you will pay more than you want to. Chris 2010/3/5 David Little <david at mandm-tech.com>:> I have a Dell PowerEdge 4300 server with dual Zenon 550 MHz processors, > SCSI controller with four 9MB drives and 1 GB of RAM. I want to develop > an asterisk pbx with 4 POTS lines in and 16 analog extensions (no VOIP). > I also will install a sound card for an intercom. Is this hardware > sufficient if ?using a Digium TDM2400P? > > -- > Thanks, > > David Little > M&M Technology, Inc. > > david at mandm-tech.com > 704.882.9432 x3 > 704.882.0405 FAX > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > ? http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >