Re: [cobalt-users] Why did Cobalt use custom Hardware?

["David Booth" <dbooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yikes! More grey hair stuff in that!

What would Sun's response be to that sorry history?

I've now asked for 'platinum' support but it seems the Cobalt range have a
different warranty program ... I wait to discover if it will be enough to
let me sleep at night occasionally.

David Booth
Goulburn Internet
http://www.goulburn.net.au

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herby K" <mad1.z@xxxxxxx>

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Booth" <dbooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Thanks for that Mike. I feel a little better.>
> Just a summary of our 4 RaQ4 Servers:
>
> Replaced: 8 Fans (all of them)
> Replaced: 5 Harddisks (crashed all - 1time we did the mistake to buy an
> original sparepart which crashed again) - custom harddisks will do better
>
> RaQs use always very old Hardware
>
> RaQ4: 400MHZ AMD CPU (or 450 cant remember), 5400 RMP Harddisks, IDE !!!,
13
> ms Accesstime on HD, only 1 GIG RAM possible (only 2 Slots)
>
> And you are trapped in the slow delivery of security updates (weeks later
> than other Linuxes)
>
> In the meantime we have left business with 3 of our 4 RaQs. And the 3 will
> remain here as Spareparts for the last dinosaur at our location.
>
>
> And this is only because of the crap Hardware - give us the Gui only and
we
> are back in business.