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Re: [cobalt-users] OT ish - real world cobalt server "serving" capacity comparisons.
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] OT ish - real world cobalt server "serving" capacity comparisons.
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun Jan 20 10:33:01 2002
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
BT wrote:
> basically I am trying to determine if cobalt is even the right platform for
> this sort of thing, or should we go out and buy a 2U or 4U "proper" server
> for supermicro or something, cobalts have the advantage because they can be
> added to the cabinet and running literally within an hour, and they are
> "familiar technology" to the client...
For this part of your post I do have some thoughts...
We use the Cobalt for hosting multiple websites; that's what it's
designed for. For specialty websites, complex database programming,
lots of programmed pages as opposed to static pages, we go the Linux
route. You can do a 2U server (used) with roughly the same hardware
specs as the RaQ4 in the neighborhood of $350. You can do an awful lot
better (new) at us$1,000 or thereabouts.
Jeff
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