Any ideas on how cheap you can get in on the vm. �Thats a nice
way to go for most people i would assume.�
Craig Schmaderer
Cell 402-380-1245
Skywave Wireless, Inc.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:47 PM -0500, "Simon Westlake"
<simon@sonar.software
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They do have a virtualized appliance now, but if you want the
hardware appliance, you still have to buy it. My understanding of
why they stop selling the software is that it still has to be
validated to function on older devices - some of become unusable
because of lack of memory as signatures expanded. Some of it is
lack of desire to continue to support hardware that they
themselves can't source anymore as well, I'm sure - it's all just
x86 stuff.
I don't remember the whole history of the company, they were a
different company name previously and acquired a Swedish
corporation, in the restructure, they became Procera.
On 6/21/2016 12:33 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
If their product is the subscription service, they don't
hesitate selling the subscription service. $2,500/year is better
than $0/year.
Okay, so then don't cover the hardware anymore, software only.
They should sell software-only to anyone at any time.
Procera has been around for 10 years? Hrm. I'da guessed four or
five.
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Well, one of the things to bear in mind with Procera is that you
are essentially buying the subscription service. Even though the
box isn't cheap, the value of the product is really the
subscription. One of the things that the support/subscription
covers is next day air replacement on the hardware. So now, you
bought some old beat up box off Ebay, and you want to put it
under a support contract, and things get messy when the hardware
fails.
So, I understand their reluctance - but they will do it. I'm
mostly just advising caution because it's a complex arrangement
- you want to make sure the box isn't EOL, you need to make sure
it works, that you can still get expansion cards for it, etc.
Sometimes these boxes on eBay look like a good deal, but there
is a lot of factors to look at before you buy it, it's not a
simple purchase. That being said, there are some deals to be
had, and I've helped people navigate it, but I've also had to
give people bad news after they snapped up some 10 year old, EOL
unit for a 'steal'.
On 6/21/2016 12:09 PM, Jason McKemie wrote:
I don't understand this mentality from some companies.� I
mean, someone bought this new, and may have at least
hesitated if they knew that the resale value would
immediately be zero.
I guess at least they license used units.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Simon Westlake
<simon@sonar.software
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Bear in mind they are not overly enthusiastic about
licensing used boxes
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