Re: [cobalt-users] What do we all think the new features will be inthe Cobalt's pending release?

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Roy A. Urick" <rurick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For instance, they push it as a solution for ISPs... then why no reseller
> panel?

Who knows.  But I assume they're doing what they think makes sense.  If
enough people with enough buying power share their concerns with the right
people at Sun (and that doesn't mean through this or any other unofficial
forum) maybe something will happen.  In any case the bulk of Sun's direct
clients for RaQ servers are large data centers buying hundreds of servers
each.  Not all of those clients' own customers are hosting companies and
unless the large data centers are twisting Sun's arm for a feature it's
likely Sun considers the feature too expensive to develop, test, support and
implement given the expected ROI.

> Or does that staqware stuff supposedly take care of it (for a large
> chunk of cash)?

Not at all.  StaqWare is a hardware/software solution that handles failover
and synchronization for 2 identical RaQs on the same network.  It has no
reseller panel.  Personally, based on what it cost (at least when it came
out, no idea what it goes for now) and the fact that you'd get better
redundancy if the 2 servers were in different physical locations, I think a
custom software solution that does failover and syncing between 2 servers
hundreds of miles apart is probably preferable in most cases.

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