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stotaro at totarotechn...
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eve-Ellen Cole <ecole at mail.plymouth.edu> wrote:

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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

stotaro at totarotechn...
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Steve Totaro
<stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:

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On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eve-Ellen Cole <ecole at mail.plymouth.edu> wrote:

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You asked this identical question a week or two ago.

"> I have an Avaya Definity G3R. Calls to students will be routed through the

Quote:

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."

ecole at mail.plymouth...
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:35 am Post subject: [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
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro
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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
<stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Eve-Ellen Cole

<ecole at mail.plymouth.edu> wrote:

Quote:

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,

Quote:

two 500GB hard drives (presumably mirrored). I also plan to get a

Digium

Quote:

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

Quote:

a voice mail is left, an email notification will be sent to the

student.

Quote:

The email notification will provide a web link to direct the student

to the

Quote:

voice mail itself.

Anything I need to consider changing? I'm interested in any feedback

you

Quote:

are willing to provide. Many thanks!

You asked this identical question a week or two ago.

"> I have an Avaya Definity G3R. Calls to students will be routed through
the

Quote:

G3R, to the Asterisk system so the caller can leave a message. I'm not

sure

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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

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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:05 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950

Eve-Ellen,

I hear you on the buying now rather than fighting later Smile

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
<ecole at mail.plymouth.edu> wrote:

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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-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] 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 email real email

12345 12345 at emailgateway
bsmith at mail.plymouth.edu

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

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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] 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!

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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject: [asterisk-users] Dell 1950

Eve-Ellen Cole wrote:

Quote:

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
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Darrick Hartman
DJH Solutions, LLC
http://www.djhsolutions.com

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