I'ts also the small footprint (ideal for racking at large ISP's and Data
Centres: the prime market positioning of these boxes) and excellent MTBF's
(they just keep on trucking..)
You can also install SSH to maintain an encrypted 'telnet' session.
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "K.M. The" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:18 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Cobalt RaQ
> The reason they're so expensive is not the hardware, it's the complete
> webbased administration tool you're paying for. The users these products
are
> targeted at, are those who can't administrate a server through a standard
> SSH/Telnet connection.
>
> Vincent The
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 6:12 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] Cobalt RaQ
>
>
> After hearing about "Coalt RaQ" a number of times on the list,
> I thought I'd cruise over and check them out.
>
> After doing so, I'm of the opinion that I'm missing something.
>
> $1,200 USD for a 300Mhz 1u box? $2,699 for a $450 w/256M RAM?
> $3,599 for a $450 w/512 RAM and a dual 30G HDs?
>
> What am I missing? You can get a dual-P3 800 w/ 256 RAM
> and a single 15G HD in a 1u for $2400 USD. With RAM and
> HDs being so cheap now, Is there something special about
> the RaQs? Software? Support? I just don't see anything to
> warrant the higher pricing. Are they RISC based and use the
> more expensive Sun chips with 2M SRAM?
>
> Thanks...
>
> -Szii
>
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