On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Rob Hillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve Totaro wrote: > Man that is an ugly hack, but I guess it may be required in some rare > situation, I guess if the power supply of the server is already > nearing it's rating. > > I would still go with a sata to molex connector and even a Y molex > splitter if at all possible. > > > Actually I can see exactly where this may be useful. I can think of at > least one customer off the top of my head who has insisted on having a > TDM2400 installed in a Dell server that we know can't provide enough power > to the card where it's being used as a collection of FXS ports. Of course > we've advised them of the limitation, but they completely ignored us. :) > > Something like this would have allowed us to provide a solution to a > problem that is likely to come back and bite us in the future. >
I see your point in that circumstance, but I would have employed a channel bank, totally avoiding your inevitable future bite. 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
