Subject: Re: sun-cobalt and other Linux appliance servers
From: Arthur Corliss (arthur@corlissfamily.org)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 11:11:43 AKST
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Tom Bunger wrote:
>
> I have a client who has been happily using a cobalt qube to serve up email
> for about 20-30 people. He is very happy with the way it has performed
> (pretty much "set it and forget it") for the past 4 or 5 years. He wants to
> upgrade to another qube, but judging from the sun micro site, the latest
> greatest qube is the qube3, which came out 2 years ago. Now it looks like
> they are pushing a 1U intel box that runs "Sun Linux 5.0".
>
> My question: Has anyone had good experiences with a Linux appliance that
> will allow the client to web-manage, do firewalling, and have webmail? I
> realize I could "roll my own" with webmin, squirrel-mail, sendmail, qpopper,
> etc. but I am more interested in an "out-of-the-box" solution like the qube
> since that has worked well for him. Any thoughts on the Sun products?
> others?
Depending on what he needs the Qube3 might still fit the bill, it's a very
capable little box. I don't know how much of Cobalt's user interface is being
ported to Sun's new line, but I don't think anyone did a better web interface,
if you like that sort of thing.
--Arthur Corliss
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