Re: [asterisk-users] Anyone Using a Dell PowerEdge T105 in Production

On Jan 16, 2008 8:11 PM, Erik Anderson <erikerik@gmail.com> wrote:

On Jan 16, 2008 6:39 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro@totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
> Unbeatable price for a low end Asterisk server (or any server for that
> matter)
>
> http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bednv4k&s=bsd
>
> I wonder if anyone has any experience with this box and Digium or Sangoma
> hardware?  Any compatibility issues?  If not, I might stock up on them.

Wow - that *is* a great price.  I don't have any of this particular
box in production, but I do have 2 PowerEdge SC440s (one step up from
the T105) running asterisk along with Sangoma PRI cards. They're
working great.  I really only have two issues with these low-end
servers:

1. You can't order 'em with RAID support.  I'm getting around this by
using software RAID1 in linux, but I'd much prefer having a hardware
RAID controller.
2. The Dell DRAC remote management cards aren't compatible with these
low-end server motherboards.  I've become *completely* addicted to the
DRAC cards on the high-end PowerEdges, to the point that I now refuse
to order a server without a DRAC card.

That said, I'm sure this server would run a small/medium asterisk
install just fine.

-Erik

You can add the raid option for $199.  I think I might pickup about ten of them at this price.  I can always resell them as general purpose servers or even workstations if Asterisk/Zaptel/Linux does not like the boxen.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro