What's Wrong With Raqs

[Kaiosama]

What's wrong with Cobalt Raqs? I myself have never used them except for a small site that's hosted by tera-byte. I may get a dedicated one in the future...

Can anyone give me some reason for disliking it. I keep on hearing people from different boards saying something like, "raqs cannot do what Linux based systems can do."

But isn't the Raq based on linux? This information would help me because I am planning on getting dedicated Raq(s).

[demae]

RaQs have less CPU power (a typical RaQ3 is 300MHz; typical RaQ4 is 450MHz, and these are based on AMD K6 which are less powerful than Pentium II/III).

They use EDO SIMMs for memory, which is slower than PC133 or DDR.

So if you have to do a lot of CPU intensive stuff, it might not work as well. I apologize that I only posted technical info in this reply; I don't know how well they work *in practice*. Someone else feel free to pick up.

[syanet]

I have 256MB RAM in mine and have 12 sites hosted on it with no problems yet. About half are running Ikonboard, but not many are very popular. I tested upload speed last might and acheived a constant rate of 50kb/sec on a cable modem.

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[Silv]

I beleive both the RAQ3 and the RAQ4 use SDRAM, not EDO simms. http://geekvillage.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Kaiosama]

Syanet how much traffic does your hosted sites get. Since it is pretty new I guess it can't be killer. Also RAQs should be able to handle 200 sites according to Cobalt. I guess that depends on the RAQ and the type/amount of traffic.

Also since they are using a modified version of Linux is should use it's resources more efficienly then NT right?

[syanet]

Dosen't eveything use resources more efficiently then NT http://geekvillage.com/ubb/smile.gif? As for traffic, no numbers yet. I have about 15 signed up and waiting on 10 confirmations. I plan to put 60-70 on it, but have heard other hosts put 100 with no problem.

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[Kaiosama]

Sounds pretty good, 4webspace will probably end-up hosting my first servers.

Also how much knowledge do you have to have on servers to run one? It looks pretty easy...

[Steve_S]

I certainly could be wrong but these boxes as well as the Qube line (I purchased a Qube 3) are NOT easy to tweak and set up as a dedicated server with special little goodies.

Some Hosts may already due the tough stuff and they deserve tons of praise but I would still suggest that you read the following list for a few weeks to see what some of the issues are:
http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listi...lt-developers/

HTH http://geekvillage.com/ubb/smile.gif



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[Kaiosama]

I see thanks...

[syanet]

I think it's very easy to administer a RaQ with little or even no experience. It's all done through a nice graphic interface. Unless you want to get technical no telnetting or anything of that nature should be nessacary. I'd highly recommend http://www.4webspace.com . With no setup fee and only $99 a month, what do you have to lose?

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[Kaiosama]

I wanted to get some MySQL but it would cost 250 for them to install it... besides I WANT to mess with telnet even if I am not familiar with Unix.

I will probably end-up getting the 99 dollar RAQs from 4webspace. Also I think I may upgrade to 128-256 megs of RAM. Hey Syanet are your hostees running on 32 megs or more. I might not upgrade all the way if I don't need it.

[syanet]

Start with a minimum of 128MB RAM. Depending on what happens after that upgrade.

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[demae]

Originally posted by Kaiosama:
I wanted to get some MySQL but it would cost 250 for them to install it...

Yeah, that's one way they make money on giving the RaQ so cheaply.

You could install MySQL yourself, or maybe look around in the Geekvillage barter board to see if you can hire someone to do it for you for a more reasonable price. (maybe $50 per hour, and a decent programmer should be able to install MySQL within an hour)

[singloon]

i installed mysql 3.22.32 and PHP4.03pl myself on my 4webspace rack and it ain't hard - it can be tricky if you want to use PHP Safe mode for your hostees (alot safer but tricky to implement)



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[Kaiosama]

I see... I think I may get a server from 4webspace while we are still fairly small. Then we can migrate to a larger one. Besides this will give me some practice I will need.

Also can I make a backup account on a regular tera-byte account (by making the secondary nameserver point to it). This way if it is down... My site will still be up.