Folks, Excuse my ignorance ... a couple more questions on server sizing (Dell 2950)
- Hard Drive Size for open source * or *BE? - # of Gps Ethernet ports (1 or 2? ) (I noticed one poster using one port for incoming calls and 2nd port for outgoing calls) - Any value to 4 GB Ram? - How many PCI slots in this beast? Thanks! On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are using a Dell 2950 with 2 Dual core 2GHz CPU, 2GB Ram and a > Sangoma A104d-x quad T1/E1 card (which now seems to be called the A104DE > on Sangoma's site). Using this system we are currently handling 82 users > quite easily. We have had at least 23 concurrent calls on a few > occasions with no problems. I'm pretty sure it could handle 48 > concurrent calls as the load on this box averages around 0.11 and peaks > to about 0.4 > > -- > Bob Pierce > Network Analyst > Westman Communications Group > > On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:04 -0500, John Williams wrote: > > 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 (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date) 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --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 > > _______________________________________________ > --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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