Cobalt RaQ's
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- ********
Anyone use these?
Apparently Sun are discontinuing them - the 550 being the last. I wondered if anyone knows of a similar product that will (simply) run numerous virtual sites...
- rasko40
I'm gonna be straight with you here moth, because I think you deserve an honest, direct and concise answer.
I haven't got a fucking clue.
- mirola0
i thought looked too good to be true so i was asking the sys admin at work about them and he went on a big rant about how shit they are and how i should use linux cos blah blah blah so i slowly tiptoed away while he continued to talk
- ********0
Thank you for your honesty, rasko.
These are great web servers. The only product that does what it does. I can't believe Sun would can them....
*weeps*
- vespa0
is it really quiet on here today?
speaking of which, did you sort your ear out moth?
- ********0
Well mirola... They are only shitty through support.
They are Linux - just a modified version. When they work - they are very, very good. When they don't, they are very, very bad.
- ********0
Hello vespa. Yes, I did sort my ear out. The nurse gave me all kinds of stuff to put in there and I can hear again!
- sparker0
cobalt raq's are notorious for being complete shite. they used a heavily modified linux distro in order to *act* like plug-in and go appliances rather than actual servers.
the one i had became a door stop after about 6 months of use. i moved everything onto an rs400 aix (unix) machine and then later onto a redhat linux server.
as far as just running multiple sites, that isn't difficult to do with a small linux server and a basic understanding of apache. no reason to buy an overpriced appliance to do so.
:)