> So, I'm wondering does anyone have real-life > comparisons on the failure rate of a PC compared to the failure rate of > some of these options??
Obviously, an embedded PC or something that is designed such as a Sokeris is made to last a *long* time, but in my experience, a Tier 1 PC (older Compaq, HP, *not* consumer) PC fares well. I use old Tier 1 PC's for utility jobs like small firewalls or FTP servers or hell even homebrew SAN's and the like, and they just keep chugging. I've never seen a power supply die on a Deskpro, and I've been using them for > 10 years. They seem immune to the stupid minor problems that bring clones to a halt, like dust in the fans. I'd never use a clone in an an application where the life expectancy is greater than a year. I sleep well at night knowing that all of those old PC's will be quietly running and doing their jobs just fine the next day. Also, Tier 1 PC's typically are well documented, you can still get drivers for them, and the design is consitient and *made* for business applications. For example, every Deskpro ever made allows you to run it headless, there's an option for it right in the BIOS. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users