Thanks for that wisdom, Bob. For this current job, we have the luxury of running a separate network for voice, and can put aside QOS (for now).
Being completely paranoid, I want to buy equipment (switch & PC) proven to operate an * PBX for 50-90 users and 48 concurrent calls. -- Dell is our preferred PC vendor. Can anyone recommend, based on actual experience, a Dell PC model for *, and 48 concurrent calls? (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date) -- 3COM is our preferred basic switch vendor. Can anyone recommend, based on actual experience, a 3COM switch model for *, and 48 concurrent calls? Thanks in advance for aiding my considerable paranoia! On Feb 3, 2008 5:46 PM, bob murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once you start adding L3 to even L6 and 7 services the party gets smaller > and more expensive. At the point you are building a network that requires > QOS, Priority, Per port VLAN's etc you may as well build with service > provider class switching gear like Foundry and Cisco etc. It will help us > all by eliminating complaints about "VOIP and Asterisk" being not ready for > prime deployment due to maturity issues when in reality, it works fine on > a well designed and constructed network. Most of the time the Telephony > system get's blamed for what is actually a poorly designed network. "Low > cost" and "Business grade" may not coexist yet. So just bite the bullet and > use Foundry or Cisco. We have deployed a couple systems with over 400 IP > voice endpoints and things are lookin good because of the proper L3 and QOS > functionality that was properly designed in to the final solution. > > Or, with cheap MAC switching you can just run seperate networks. I mean, > why complicate things by converging voice and data. With L2 switching > equipment so cheap. But you'll have to run two cat6 drops everywhere. It's > a trade off. We have done it both ways. > > Bob > Arreva Communications > > > On 2/3/08, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Deal List, Who are the low cost QOS LAN switch vendors with products > > supported by * for business grade voice service? Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > -- > Bob Murphy > Principal > > > Arreva Communications > www.arrevausa.com > > 949-334-2022-SIP Connect > 949-842-8450-Wireless > 949-349-0209-Fax > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >
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