Re: [cobalt-users] Alternetives to Cobalt??

["LinuxMan" <linuxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

3Com may be comming out with an appliance. My reps tell me it is on 3Coms to
do list.

Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Alternetives to Cobalt??


> on 5/20/00 1:31 PM, Randall Clark at wz297@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I remember seeing a few posts a while back about Cobalt
> > Alternetives.
> > Can anyone give me a few links to other server appliances?
>
> The list archives, if I remember had a very extensive list.  I think the
> thread was "Cobalt Alternatives".
>
> I would warn, be careful of why you are looking to by a Cobalt
Alternative.
>
> I would actually write a list of what Cobalt provides, and what it doesn't
> and compare it to the alternatives.
>
> Often, people look for alternatives for price reasons.  I would strongly
> suggest that price be a small factor in your server buying decision.
Price
> is nothing compared to downtime, support problems, etc.  How much does
> 24hours of downtime cost your company? How much does one day of your time
> spent hassling with broken peice of software (add that to the time lost on
> what you were supposed to be working on)?
>
> For me the main thing that Cobalt doesn't offer is advanced availability
> features, such as hot swap, raid, and easy support for tape drives.  But
to
> get a server that offers these features, I am not longer looking at an
> alternative to Cobalt (i.e. a competitor), but a different class of
servers
> altogether.
>
> I actually think Cobalt is the best of class right now, for entry level
web
> servers.
>
> -k
>
>
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