At 4/3/01 10:28 PM -0500, you wrote:
I'm trying to select which Qube or Raq to use for hosting a handful of personal (ie. low traffic) domains. At the moment the best used options are a Qube2 (around $500) or a Raq3 (around $1000). Considering these are personal domains, the price of the Qube is definitely more attractive. Here's the newbie question: Does the Qube2 (or any Qube) allow for virtual hosting through its web interface? Is this the reason I would want the Raq?
They each have pros/cons, primarily as regards the GUI. The Qube was designed to host a single site, and that is all the GUI will let you do. However, it includes discussion fora and other cute features for that one domain. It also does NAT, DHCP, and plays gateway for the internal network. It is designed for an office that wants to access the Internet through it and host its stuff too.
The RaQ, on the other hand, is for multiple domains but is not as detailed about what it installs for each one. It is designed for a hosting business and does not do NAT, DHCP, etc. out of the box (although of course you can install those).
If these are personal domains, I'd probably get the Qube and learn to edit my sites manually. After all, I just went through the whole process of learning that three months ago and it wasn't that hard. You just have to figure out how to do things so the Qube won't screw you for them... :) You also have the benefit that the Qube2 and the RaQ2 had similar hardware and share a Restore CD. So you can have your Qube as a Qube, or convert it to a RaQ2 OS with the CD, then convert back if you please. This seems to be:
* cheaper * more flexible * enough for your needs That's my two cents. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx