Re: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.

["John Burgess" <john.burgess@xxxxxxxxxx>]

IMHO, (slightly tained with more than 20 years of setting up and maintaining
Enterprise class IT networks) you want to compartmentalize software and its
functionality.  The idea is to isolate potential problems to manageable
chunks that do not overlap wherever possible instead of putting all your
eggs in one basket so to speak.  In this case, changes made or problems (for
whatever reason; h/w or software failures, human errors, etc),  experienced
on a system providing critical functionality do not pollute other systems
providing another critical service (i.e. your customers http servers and
sites).  If one can do this within their IT infrastructure, cause and effect
relationships within the organizations systems are readily apparent and
outages can be hopefully isolated to a small subset of your systems.
Additionally, your range of options for implementation of specific network
and applications services becomes more than a single vendor solution.  You
can them opt for technologies and cost benefits best suited for your
organization.  The philosophy of choice goes somewhat against the grain of
many IT organizations today, as many organizations have "single vendor"
policies for various reasons (training costs, fear of technology,
elimination of the anxiety of having to make intelligent decisions, past
experiences). As far as Cobalt appliances go, they aren't exactly
inexpensive, they are the fastest things around, and they aren't the most
flexible boxes around.  if you think there is some value to what I said
above, you will want to delegate DNS to dedicated hardware so you can make
changes to DNS (software upgrades, customizations,etc) as you require.
(i.e., you may want to use a DNS software package that can use a relational
database as a data source to make automating zone/host/IP/record type
assignments programmatically easier and more stable). I think that
generally, you would want a more cost effective solution in this case.

John Burgess
fastex.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Zebrovsky" <EvanZebrovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.


> Geez !
> Thanks...guess I'll stick to my current for the time being
> PS.
> Why won't I use RAQ for DNS? Is there a better alternative?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Burgess <john.burgess@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.
>
>
> > Ideas?  Just two:
> >
> > Idea 1: Sart your own ISP which should involve the following for
starters:
> > get your own T'1/DS3 pipes, get your own routers, firewalls, your own
> > Internet IP blocks, build a NOC, get your utilities installed and turned
> on,
> > hire a staff.  PS.  After all this, I guarantee you won't do DNS on an
> Raq.
> > They are for webhosting.
> >
> > Idea 2: Change ISP's
> >
> > John Burgess
> > fastex.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Evan Zebrovsky" <EvanZebrovsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.
> >
> >
> > > Dear Tim
> > > that's a good idea , to build up a site for newbies...
> > > I myself am a unexperienced cobalt RQ3 user. i had that problem too ,
> > about
> > > ns1 , ns2 but thanks to my man "Dave Raza" I found some good resources
> > about
> > > how to configure my server to act as Primary DNS server of my own ,
and
> > you
> > > know the best part? It ACTUALLY works!
> > > I am way too sick of the providers.You know , I contacted my provider
> > asked
> > > them about how to do this and they told me that I have to ask them to
> > enter
> > > every DNS records for the sites i was going to host into their own DNS
> > > servers and choose their DNS server IPs when regging a new site.and
that
> > > would take an extra 4-6 hours (in addition to the 2 days NIC reg.
delay)
> > > I have only one more problem : Do I have to have another RAQ for my
> > > secondary? Coz with the new revision , it seems that you can not have
> your
> > > RAQ3 to function as both Prim/Secon DNS server.
> > >
> > > Any IDEAS everybody?
> > >
> > > Cheers , Evan
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Tim M. Muldoon <muldoon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:01 AM
> > > Subject: [cobalt-users] Newbies thoughts 'How to make it better'.
> > >
> > >
> > > > I am new to the world of server management. I am reasonbly
intelligent
> > and
> > > > have been programming for 25 of my 33 years. I have been a reseller
> for
> > my
> > > > ISP for about 2 years hosting about 45 sites, 15 of my own.
> > > >
> > > > After paying my last bill to my ISP I started looking for a way too
> keep
> > > > more of the money in my pocket and spent 2 months researching,
reading
> > and
> > > > learning all that I thought I could about moving to a server of my
> own.
> > > >
> > > > I knew up front that my ISP's idea of support was 'see
> > support.cobalt.com'
> > > >
> > > > I downloaded the manual for the RaQ 2, read it cover to cover, went
> > > through
> > > > all of the knowledge base and archives and found answers to all of
the
> > > > problems I could anticipate and how to handle the services my
clients
> > were
> > > > currently using.  i.e.  Real Server, mailing list. etc...
> > > >
> > > > As noted in a previous post I spent 5 WHOLE DAYS (as much as 60
hours)
> > > > trying to figure out the most basic of functions, setting up a
server
> as
> > > > ns1/ns2, which was answered by two resources and resolved in 10
> minutes.
> > > >
> > > > In my humble, newbie, inexperienced, idiot's guided (no trademark
> > > > infringement intended), opinion, what is needed is...
> > > >
> > > > Someone at Cobalt who is committed to keeping the Knowledge Base
> current
> > > (40
> > > > hrs x $60 (true cost) = $2400 (margin  @ 30% on 8 servers sold))
> > updated,
> > > > with a goal of not 'What you 'can' do but, specifically 'How to do
it'
> > > > guide. (See previous noted thanks to Fathi and Interliant.)
> > > >
> > > > As well as an up to date, Boolean, including 'special characters'
> > > searchable
> > > > archive list.
> > > >
> > > > And in my 'net dreams' a form where a newbie could put in their
> servers
> > NS
> > > > names and IP's and they would get a step-by-step guide as to
'how-to'
> > set
> > > up
> > > > their servers. (i.e. many, many sales for Cobalt. Hint, hint)
> > > >
> > > > Following this train of thought I have registered the domain
> > > > raqresources.com (subtitled 'things I wish I knew before I had a
RaQ')
> > > where
> > > > I would like to post the 'best of the best'-'how to's' (subtitled,
> Duh,
> > I
> > > am
> > > > an ISP, now what do I do?)
> > > >
> > > > So as to save bandwidth, you can flame me in person at
> > muldoon@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > or 845-758-9876 from 8am to 8pm EST. (Please don't wake the babies)
> > > >
> > > > Tim M. Muldoon
> > > > muldoon@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > >
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