RE: [cobalt-users] should I buy into RaQ3

["Adam Reynolds" <Adam.Reynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would have to totally agree with Marco here. 

The Raq3s UK2NET are providing are pretty much ideal if your are familiar
with linux or just want a vanilla raq3. I have happily installed
ColdFusion and MySQL on mine (after upgrading the RAM).

I know it isn't great performance, but for what I want it is acceptable. I
would have been happier with a RAQ4, and I believe UK2NET are finally
beginning to sell the last of their Raq3s and, based upon their forums are
beginning to look at Raq4s.

Again, you pay for what you get. £1099 + VAT (36*25 + 199 setup) for a
hosting environment for 3 years is exceptional value for money. Its all
down to what you want. I did not want to have my sites co-hosted anymore.
I absolutely hated the lack of performance. UK2NET was an answer to my
prayers!

Although phone support is not forthcoming, the forums forums.uk2net.com ,
the raq faq they've produced www.uk2raq.com, the server panel on
www.powerraq.com and the ICQ channels are more than enough for me.

I do actually think though that it has taken them a long time to get their
act together. Their server panel has probably saved them a lot of hastle.

I sound like a UK2NET salesman :) 

-----Original Message-----
From:	Marco Baurdoux [SMTP:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	21 August 2001 12:43
To:	cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [cobalt-users] should I buy into RaQ3

Hi there,

What Simon just said before, was extremely reasonable.
Before deciding to buy/rent a box please carefully write down your
specifications. What do you really need.

* a web server with good performances ( with enough disk space and a good
network )
* e-mail facilities, where you can have as many e-mail boxes ( not aliases
)
as you wish

anything else ??

Then consider your own skills, what are you capable off and are you not
capable of ( be realistic, don't lie to yourself, cause if you run into
technical problems, you'll be the one to blame ).
If you don't have the required skills, then does anyone in your company
have
them. If not, that would mean that you would have to hire a highly skilled
person, and that would cost a lot to your company. Much more then just
outsourcing the maintenance of your machine to a company, that only does
this sort of services.

At the end you might want to think if you really need a dedicated machine,
or would a shared one do just fine. OK, it might sound a bit more
prestigious to announce to your customers that you have your own dedicated
server, but in the end do they really care ??

These were just a couple of thoughts, that I thought I might share.
Everybody has it's own skills, so why should one bother feeling stupid when
something goes wrong, when you could be able to insult the administrator of
the company that is taking care of your machine :-))

Cheers