Re: [cobalt-users] Turning a CUBE2 into a CUBE3

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Gerald Waugh wrote:
> 
> RaQ3 and RaQ4 use the same hardware, and are both ix86 based
> (AMD processor) Which makes the restore upgrade possible.

If not legal. :)

> The Qube2 uses a MIPS processor, the Qube3 is a repackaged RaQ3/4.

"Repackaged RaQ?" Hrm - not sure I can agree with you there.
Functionally, the Qube3 is mostly hardware compatible with the RaQ3/4,
but some parts of the chipset are different, and the OS is definitely
different... :)

And FYI, Cobalt developed the Qube first, and it was only "squashed"
into a 1RU box and given multiple domain hosting capabilities _after_ a
bunch of ISPs called us to say that they liked what the Qube could do,
but it was darned inconvenient in a datacenter. So, if anything, the RaQ
is a "repackaged" Qube... :)

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Bruce Timberlake
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Sun Cobalt Server Appliances
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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