[asterisk-users] Dell 1950
I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
The 2 Port card may not provide the number of channels you may need to do this. I would bump it up to a four port. I would also look at more HD space. You are fine on RAM memory, if you need to for budget constraints I would be OK with dropping the RAM and upping the Hard Drive Space. 2-4 GB of ram is PLENTY... What are you interfacing with and how (RBS T1, PRI). How are you planning on managing the user accounts? Are you building a web interface. One simple way although it would break the Directory application is to create All the possible mailbox numbers and then create aliases in your email program to route them. IE VMBox emailreal email 12345 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of you could build a Dialplan application that uses LDAP and query the database. I am not sure on your network setup so I can't really give you specifics only hints... Alex From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eve-Ellen Cole Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:21 AM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950 I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
i suggest a look at digium's hardware compatibility list on thier website. i would also worry about concurrent calls thus concurrent recordings, 48 with your actual card which i guess is acceptable load to your hardware but i am not an expert in this. recording to disk (even scsi ones) will make your server unstable when lots of calls are being recorded, then your option is to record to RAM (or go for OrecX). then empty RAM to disk when load is low since you've got plenty of RAM. gsm conversion will lower the size of wav recordings by 10. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eve-Ellen Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! I don't use Dells except in pure VoIP setups. I found this link http://www.gomiem.org/conferences/TC08_9_ip_telephony.pdf I think the newer Digium cards play MUCH better with Dell now. Take a look at CSID configuration 1. It seems they use it as their platform so I would take that as a good sign. Thanks, Steve Totaro ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Steve Totaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eve-Ellen Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! I don't use Dells except in pure VoIP setups. I found this link http://www.gomiem.org/conferences/TC08_9_ip_telephony.pdf I think the newer Digium cards play MUCH better with Dell now. Take a look at CSID configuration 1. It seems they use it as their platform so I would take that as a good sign. Thanks, Steve Totaro You asked this identical question a week or two ago. I have an Avaya Definity G3R. Calls to students will be routed through the G3R, to the Asterisk system so the caller can leave a message. I'm not sure how many channels I'll really need, but I expect no more than 23 simultaneous calls. In fact, maybe no more than 10 simultaneously. I guess you bumped up the concurrent call number a bit or are just planning for the future. As far as the RAM disk or OrecX, you should not need it. From personal experience the I/O barrier is ~60-70 calls. Thanks, Steve Totaro ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
Steve, You are correct. I've asked this question before. Now that my sysadmin group has determined the server they would prefer to support, I wanted to double check. We won't be relying heavily on the T1 card. I will also be setting up H.323 trunking to our Avaya Definity G3R. Although there will be many accounts on the system, we do not forsee many simultaneous calls, or much use at all to tell the truth. We'll be lucky if just 1% of the users utilize the system. In fact, there is a good chance the system will become a test environment for other unified communications solutions ... that's why I've upped the RAM. From a budget standpoint, its easier to get it now, rather than fight for it later. I'm still toying with whether or not to go RAID 1 or RAID 5, but otherwise I think I'm fairly confident with what we've come up with. Thank you all for the input. Much appreciated. - Eve Ellen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:22 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950 On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Steve Totaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eve-Ellen Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! I don't use Dells except in pure VoIP setups. I found this link http://www.gomiem.org/conferences/TC08_9_ip_telephony.pdf I think the newer Digium cards play MUCH better with Dell now. Take a look at CSID configuration 1. It seems they use it as their platform so I would take that as a good sign. Thanks, Steve Totaro You asked this identical question a week or two ago. I have an Avaya Definity G3R. Calls to students will be routed through the G3R, to the Asterisk system so the caller can leave a message. I'm not sure how many channels I'll really need, but I expect no more than 23 simultaneous calls. In fact, maybe no more than 10 simultaneously. I guess you bumped up the concurrent call number a bit or are just planning for the future. As far as the RAM disk or OrecX, you should not need it. From personal experience the I/O barrier is ~60-70 calls. Thanks, Steve Totaro ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
Ah, managing user accounts. That is going to be very challenging. I haven't looked at this too thoroughly yet, but I will need to very soon. We have limited resources, so will be looking at a way to automate anything and everything possible. I'm open to suggestions. In my initial test instance, I have installed ARI, FOP and FreePBX. I have run into permission issues that I need to troubleshoot though. I've also experienced problems getting anywhere with http://www.littlejohnconsulting.com/. It seems to be unavailable more than available to date. It also doesn't resolve the mass import issue I will need to get figured out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Lopez Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:44 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950 The 2 Port card may not provide the number of channels you may need to do this. I would bump it up to a four port. I would also look at more HD space. You are fine on RAM memory, if you need to for budget constraints I would be OK with dropping the RAM and upping the Hard Drive Space. 2-4 GB of ram is PLENTY. What are you interfacing with and how (RBS T1, PRI). How are you planning on managing the user accounts? Are you building a web interface. One simple way although it would break the Directory application is to create All the possible mailbox numbers and then create aliases in your email program to route them. IE VMBox emailreal email 12345 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of you could build a Dialplan application that uses LDAP and query the database. I am not sure on your network setup so I can't really give you specifics only hints. Alex From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eve-Ellen Cole Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:21 AM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950 I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
Eve-Ellen, I hear you on the buying now rather than fighting later :) Maybe LDAP can help with the import. Anyways, there are pretty simple ways around that providing you can export what you have as a CSV or you could set something up with realtime (ughh, I hate realtime but it may be of benefit in this situation). It would seem that setup should be pretty static, no? This is for dorms? If you want a very clean, low profile, and simple GUI (not free though very reasonably priced) check into Thirdlane's webmin module. Thanks, Steve Totaro On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Eve-Ellen Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, managing user accounts. That is going to be very challenging. I haven't looked at this too thoroughly yet, but I will need to very soon. We have limited resources, so will be looking at a way to automate anything and everything possible. I'm open to suggestions. In my initial test instance, I have installed ARI, FOP and FreePBX. I have run into permission issues that I need to troubleshoot though. I've also experienced problems getting anywhere with http://www.littlejohnconsulting.com/. It seems to be unavailable more than available to date. It also doesn't resolve the mass import issue I will need to get figured out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Lopez Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:44 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950 The 2 Port card may not provide the number of channels you may need to do this. I would bump it up to a four port. I would also look at more HD space. You are fine on RAM memory, if you need to for budget constraints I would be OK with dropping the RAM and upping the Hard Drive Space. 2-4 GB of ram is PLENTY… What are you interfacing with and how (RBS T1, PRI). How are you planning on managing the user accounts? Are you building a web interface. One simple way although it would break the Directory application is to create All the possible mailbox numbers and then create aliases in your email program to route them. IE VMBox emailreal email 12345 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of you could build a Dialplan application that uses LDAP and query the database. I am not sure on your network setup so I can't really give you specifics only hints… Alex From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eve-Ellen Cole Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:21 AM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950 I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950
Eve-Ellen Cole wrote: I am thinking of going with a Dell PowerEdge 1950 ||| for a new CentOS/Asterisk set up. It will have dual 2.33GHz processors, 16GB memory, two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a Digium TE220B to go with it. (a non-dell server is not an option, but I am wondering if there is a better one to consider) The system will be a voice mail repository for 4-6,000 students. Each time a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the student. The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student to the voice mail itself. Anything I need to consider changing? I’m interested in any feedback you are willing to provide. Many thanks! If you're not restricted to 1U, I would strongly suggest getting more drives and doing a raid 10 array. Even if you are restricted to 1U, you can do a raid 10 array in the 1950, but you'll have to pay for the hyper-expensive 2.5 drives. Darrick -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
