> those. The beauty of most appliances is that they're easy to manage. If it > fails, download the latest ISO from company, burn it, boot appliance, > restore it and you're back in business in an hour or so. Keep in mind a > linux kernel running just ntpd and some management necessities like ssh and > http is pretty reliable. Hardly any I/O, just a simple function it does.
http is a frilly pink bauble, not a management necessity. Very basic linux with no frilly bauble's, ntpd, sshd, and vi. Supports thousands of clients on a $10 80286 with 640KB RAM booting from a floppy. Add $1000 and you can get the same thing as an "appliance". --- () ascii ribbon campaign against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org
