Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-05 Thread Ron Joffe
On Tuesday 05 February 2008 00:50, John Williams wrote: - Hard Drive Size for open source * or *BE? You can't find a small enough hard drive :). But seriously, in our case it depends on the amount of online message recording that we want to keep. We utilize 146GB SAS drives in a Raid 1. - #

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread Bob Pierce
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

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread bob murphy
We have recommended and deployed Cisco 3750's a couple times and Foundry switching. HP procurves as well. On 2/4/08, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob, What are you using for a LAN switch? Thanks! On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are using a Dell

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread Ron Joffe
On Monday 04 February 2008 09:04, John Williams wrote: -- 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 (The Dell recommended models on the Wiki are out of date) Our current spec for an IVR based platform

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
Bob, What are you using for a LAN switch? 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

[asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
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

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread Bob Pierce
We are using Dell PowerConnect 3448P for voicedata switches with qos and separate vlans for data and voice. Bob On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:55 -0500, John Williams wrote: Bob, What are you using for a LAN switch? Thanks! On Feb 4, 2008 9:24 AM, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread bob murphy
Yes I concur that the Dell switches are a good functional choice as well. And priced right. On 2/4/08, Bob Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are using Dell PowerConnect 3448P for voicedata switches with qos and separate vlans for data and voice. Bob On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 09:55 -0500, John

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread mroberts1818
What do these puppies go for? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:49:25 To:Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussionasterisk-biz@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread bob murphy
BlackBerry -Original Message- From: bob murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:49:25 To:Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM Yes I concur that the Dell switches are a good functional

Re: [asterisk-biz] Paranoia, Dell 3COM

2008-02-04 Thread John Williams
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