Re: [cobalt-users] Real World Qube 2 and such

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Hector Cabarcas wrote:
> 
> Hello. I was hoping to get some real world input from a few users currently
> using the Qube 2. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
I'll try my best here

> 
> I own a small graphic design firm. Up to this point we've collaborated by
> way of networking the computers and sharing files off each other's hard
> drives. We've got an 100TEthernet network. We're ready to move beyond that.
> Our needs are pretty simple...cross-platform file sharing!

> 1) Cobalt claims seamless support. What's been your experience?

If you have a general understanding of UNIX :::and even this becomes
almost unnecessary with the happy GUI:::  it is pretty seamless

> 2) I'm looking at the 13GIG Qube 2 with 64mb DRAM. One of our workstations
> running on just 64mb of RAM would be unacceptable. We couldn't open up more
> than one application at a time. Can a server get away with this low figure
> because it's primarily just serving files and not having to open up the
> program used to create each file? Our average graphic file is about 15-20mb.

I too dabble with my DC10 and a lot of graphics apps, my qube plugs away
excellently, keep in mind it's no rocket, but then again its optimized
for these services.  I'm running a 10g and 64mb of ram in my qube.

> Can we work with the files right off the server or do we have to copy the
> file to each workstation and then proceed?

This I have played with, most of your performance with this is going to
be based on your network capabilities :::or at least thats what I
noticed::: however, if you want full performance :::Especially from an
Mpeg or Avi::: I would reccomend bringing the file local

Hector, keep in mind that we all use our cobalt servers for different
things, most of the people on this list use them for webservers and
such, so keep your mind open.  There was a lot of talk on the list about
streaming as well...  In my opinion, Qube's and Raq's are excellent
servers as long as you dont expect them to do what a server 10 times the
price is.  The filesharing is pretty seamless in my BSD/WIN/Linux
environment however I could not tell you about Solaris/Irix :::I assume
these are what you are using, I could be wrong:::  if you are looking at
a central space for files, I would recommend the NASRaq :::cobalt of
course::: or a similar box, unless you want to run web/email services.

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