On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Jared Baxley <jared.bax...@gmail.com> wrote: > Client - Not for Profit in the Middle of the Jungle/Rain Forrest > > Infrastructure - Datacenter is Non Climate Controlled, Prone to Flooding, > and has Sketchy Power, LAN - NEW Cabling in main Office building, Hodge > Podge of DYI wiring across remaining buildings. Phones - Total of about 50 > extensions. Only about 25 - 30 phones will be IP phones, 20-30 more will > have to be analog due to the distance. > > Analog Extensions will be on Digium TDM2400 or Sangoma A400 Cards. > > Analog extensions WILL Hit a Surge Gate before the cards, and as much > precaution on grounding protection and power protection is being taken as > possible. The cards WILL BE PCI not PCI-e (They are being donated) > > A New Dell Power-edge Server will be acquired for the PBX > > HERE IS MY QUESTION.... > > Would you purchase a NEW TOWER Server with PCI slots to accommodate the > cards, > > OR > > Purchase a NEW RACK MOUNT server for the PBX, and Buy/Build a Cheaper Server > just for the analog extensions, > > > I'm torn... The ease of management of one server, or the "isolation" of > analog extensions scattered through the jungle on it's own server. > > Opinions? >
For that number of analog stations, I would go with tried and true channel banks. Adtran or Adit would be my personal choice. I would probably consider not even using any IP phones to keep things very simple. Thanks, Steve T -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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