Tyan Transport GS14 B5121 8 GIG RAM Intel P4 3.0 GHZ DUAL 1TB HD's RAID1
Tyan Transport GS14 B5121 8 GIG RAM Intel P4 3.0 GHZ DUAL 1TB HD's RAID1Code: TGS14P800MAXWeight: 31.00Price: $2,199.00
Tyan Transport GS14 B5121 8 GIG RAM P4 3.00 GHZ DUAL 1TB SATA HARD DRIVES RAID1 w/ Centos Blue Quartz 4.8OR YOU CAN INSTALL ANY OS including Microsoft Web Server,
BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy sucessor of the RaQ550 or any Cobalt RaQ in particular
All new Server latest model from Tyan Socket 775 DDR2 RAM software loaded. Server is ready to ship worldwide.
We ship worldwide via DHL Express.
Warranties
Tyan Systems 3 Years Parts & Labor by Tyan.
CPU: 3 years by Intel
Hard Drives: 5 years by Seagate
RAM: lifetime warranty
Compact and sub-1U, the Transport GS14 (B5121) has a wide range of features which make it perfect for kiosks, file delivery systems, or any number of other server applications. With support for a Pentium® 4 or Celeron™ D (LGA775) processor, as well as PCI expansion slot, up to (2) SATA HDDs, built-in Gigabit and 10/100 network ports, built-in graphics, and support for up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, all make the Transport GS14 a robust, space-efficient server solution.
We can highly recommend the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy sucessor of the RaQ550 or any Cobalt RaQ in particular. It is much faster than a RaQ550. Also, all hardware components readily available from any well sorted computer retail store, so spare parts should never be an issue. The software (OS and GUI) are open source projects with a pretty active developer- and user-base.
Full Web Server with FTP, E-Mail, DNS & MySQL Server! BlueQuartz provides you an easy to use Web GUI that takes the hassles out of administrating a complex system!
Best of all, it runs on top of a modern Enterprise Class Linux Distro, CentOS. With regular updates, and best of breed support, you know you are in great hands!
This is the next replacement for your old Cobalt RaQ series servers.
CentOS is based off of RH Enterprise, and Blue Quartz is based off of the Open Source RaQ550 GUI.
Novell's Mono
Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com), the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.
Chilisoft ASP w/ GUI For Bluequartz / CentOS you can purchase from Sun Microsystems directly. ( not installed )
Sun Java System Active Server Pages (formerly Sun ONE Active Server Pages) is a secure, cross-platform Active Server Pages (ASP) engine. Java System ASP allows organizations to improve Web security by shifting deployment of ASP applications from Microsoft IIS to the Java System Web Server (formerly Sun ONE Web Server) or Apache running on the Solaris Operating System, Linux, or Windows. Java System ASP is fully compatible with Microsoft ASP 3.0 and popular Web authoring tools such as Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX and Microsoft FrontPage.
GCC Compile Tools v4.2
GCC is the C/C++ compiler needed to compile software on CentOS & BlueQuartz. Additional compile tools have been provided in 1 easy to install package. This is required if you want to compile software on your server.
Over view of the software on latest V4.6
Software Installed:
Apache 2.0.52 PHP 4.3.9 MySQL 4.1.12 Perl 5.8.5 Python 2.3.4 Bind v9.2.4 Sendmail v8.13 w/ SMTP Authentication Microsoft Front Page 2002 Installed CMU Tools Installed CCE Shell ToolsMidnight Commander Installed RAID v3.1 PKG InstalleddnsImport.pl Installedmod_auth_external for .htaccess authentication Installed
Installer is based on
CentOS v4.3 BlueQuartz v1.0
Kickstart Scripts designed for "hands off" install
Small Foot Print Install!
Full Install roughly 700mb
Headless Install! Hook up to the serial port and watch it install!
Ability to change Network Settings via the command line! This will even update the BQ GUI
Ability to launch custom install script. This allows you to install .RPMs, and make changes to your system!
MySQL Databases stored in /home/mysql
All "tmp" directories all point /tmp, which is on it's own partition!
Partition Schema
/boot
100 megs
/var
4 gigs
/tmp
1 gigs
/
6 gigs
swap
1 gig
/home
The rest of the available space
Quick Overview:
• Plug-and-play: start hosting web sites in minutes • Sub 1U form factor • High speed drives, memory, and processor for diverse web applications • Hosts hundreds of virtual sites with IP- and/or name-based lookups • Standard web services like DNS, SMTP, FTP, SNMP, etc. included standard • Compatible with Sun Cobalt RaQ550 users and sites
Features:
Software:• CentOS Enterprise-class Linux Distribution (open source)• BlueQuartz User interface based on RaQ550 Sausalito• OS Restore CD included for easy OS reinstallsHardware: • High-quality parts: genuine Intel processor and chipset• SATA drives - available in RAID or single drive configuration• ECC RAM (DDR/DDR2) up to 8GB (depending on chassis model!) • Front-panel control for IP address, hardware monitor, password reset, etc. Service:• Limited OS support available through RAQport• Obtain Support through the CentOS forum • Obtain Support through the CentOS mailling list• BlueQuartz Forum / Mailing List Archive
A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance can do everything a RaQ550 can do as well (including FrontPage but no Chilisoft ASP) - and it does it much faster. The serial ATA hardisks have a throughput of approximately 50 MBit/seconds and even the basic model with a 2.4GHz CPU outperforms a RaQ550 by several magnitudes.
CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor (read that as Red Hat). CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork. CentOS is free.
BlueQuartz project which is based on the Sun Cobalt Sausalito architecture of the Cobalt RaQ550. BlueQuartz provides the same GUI functionality which a RaQ550 provides - minus the Chilisoft ASP and FrontPage support. Sites, users, mailing lists and settings can easily be imported from an existing Sun Cobalt RaQ to a server running BlueQuartz - through the built in CMU utility.
The TyanGS14 server chassis is a very reliable and solidly manufactured barebones system with LCD front panel. It comes complete with rack mount slides, ample cooling and supports SATA, up to 4 GB of memory and Pentium 4 processors. Its performance and inexpensiveness makes it the ideal choice for an affordably priced server appliance.
We can highly recommend the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy successor of the RaQ550. It is much faster than a RaQ550. Also, all hardware components readily available from any well sorted computer retail store, so spare parts should never be an issue. The software (OS and GUI) are open source projects with a pretty active developer- and user-base.
We have ported our RaQ550 software to the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance and extras like the SPAM-Filter, AV-Suite, Security Package, php, MySQL,phpMyAdmin.
Blue Quartz start page
BQ Email Servers Settings
BQ Email Servers Settings
BQ TCP IP Settings
BQ Usage Statistics
BQ Virtual Site Template
System Status - Overview
Server Migrations. Which means that we will assist you in moving all sites and WebPages, users, email accounts, mailing lists, MySQL databases and DNS information from one server to another.A typical migration takes between 2-3 hours of time and we can perform IP address renumbering during the migration. Or we can keep the IP addresses of all sites as they were on the source server. However, if the IP addresses are supposed to remain the same, then the source server needs to be powered down as soon as the import of the websites on the target server starts
Sites, users, mailing lists and settings can directly be imported with the built in CMU from any Cobalt RaQ. So this is an inexpensive way to trade the aging Cobalt RaQs against much more modern hard- and software, while retaining the well known functionality and GUI interface.
A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance can do everything a RaQ550 can do as well (including FrontPage but no Chilisoft ASP) - and it does it much faster. The serial ATA hardisks have a throughput of approximately 50 MBit/seconds and even the basic model with a 2.4GHz CPU outperforms a RaQ550 by several magnitudes.
CentOS + BlueQuartz OS restore instructions
Prerequisites:
• 1 USB CD-ROM drive• 1 USB Keyboard• 1 VGA Monitor
Connect the CD-ROM and Keyboard to the USB ports on the front or back of the unit. Plug the monitor in. Put the (included) CentOS + BlueQuartz OS Restore CD into the CD-ROM and power on the server.
Press F2 during power up to access the BIOS.
Bios settings:
1.) Make sure that the boot device (see menu entry "BOOT") lists CD-ROM as first device. If the CD-ROM is not listed as first device, then you can move it upwards in the list with the +/- keys on the numerical keypad.
2.) RAID: Make sure that RAID is [DISABLED]. Please note that onboard raid controllers are not efficient. We use software RAID.Set BIOS "Advanced" to the following settings:
Installed O/S:
[Other]
Reset Configuratiion Data:
[NO]
Large Disk Access Mode:
[Other]
Parallel ATA:
[Disabled]
Serial ATA:
[Enabled]
Native Mode Operation:
[Serial ATA]
Legacy USB Support:
[Enabled]
In BIOS menu "MAIN" confirm that IDE Channel 2 and 3 Master are set to the following settings: Auto 32 Bit I/O [Enabled]
Save the changes and let the unit boot off the CD-ROM.
Actual OS install:
Read known issues in regards to USB CD-ROM
Sit back and watch it fly through setting up. It does NOT require any key board intervention!
When it is finished, it will be at a login prompt. Type “root” and hit enter.
It will ask you for the IP address, Netmask and Default Gateway. Please have them handy!IP Address: __________________________Netmask: ____________________________Gateway: ____________________________
The setup script will continue adding and removing packages needed to run your new box.
After the install is finish, you will need to connect to the web address using a web browser
Follow on screen setup! And your done!
Before Actually Installing, please read the known issues to avoid any problems!
Known Issues: This is only if you have another system with no internal CD ROM
USB CD ROM issue. The install may drop into text mode, “ask for language”. If this is the case, reboot the server and watch the monitor, when there is a pause and the display reads “loading /sbin/loader” remove and reinsert the CD ROM USB cord. You should see info box “loading USB storage driver and the install should continue without intervention.
Unless you remove the CD when ejected, the server may reboot and load off the CD when the install is finished. If this is the case, power down the server, power up the server and immediately remove the CD, so the server will boot from the hard drive.
During initial Blue Quartz Setup Wizard, the wizard may crash if you change the IP of the DNS server from 127.0.0.1. Please change it after installation is complete. This in no way will limit the functionality of server, nor will it degrade performance.
If you click on “System Settings” and then “TCP/IP”, you get a java script runtime error. This only appears to happen in Internet Explorer early version of 6. In Firefox, you do not have this issue!
The LCD may stop working after a “yum update”. If it does, simply re-install the LCD RPM located in /root using;rpm --Uvh --force --nodeps /root/NuOnce-TyanGS12-LCD-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Aside from the speed there are other compelling reasons to consider replacing existing RaQ3, RaQ4, XTR and RaQ550 with a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance:
Security: The much more modern operating system uses an up to date 2.6-kernel. All system libraries and daemons are as modern as one would expect from a good operating system. Additionally CentOS provides updates on a regular basis which can easily be installed to keep the system current and to make sure that it doesn't get exploited through vulnerabilities. In that regards a "real" RaQ550 is pure hacker bait, even if you install all patches and extra security measures.
Stability: A "real" RaQ550 suffers from too many proprietary modifications. Especially in regards to the kernel's memory management, which make a RaQ550 inherently unstable - especially under moderate or high load. Dirty hacks in Apache to implement FrontPage and ASP support, as well as the Sausalito-enabled PHP-4.0.6 library lead to instabilities of Apache, as well as to memory leaks. Also, on a RaQ550 Procmail (used for local email delivery to mailboxes) has been modified in a fashion that it no longer can report certain signal exceptions back to Sendmail in case the email delivery to the mailbox fails. A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance doesn't have these problems, as the base OS is for the most part (aside from modifying some config files) left unmolested.
Spare parts and replacements: Ever paid an unreasonable sum for spare parts like fans, rack mounting brackets, replacement hardisks or extra memory? All parts used in a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance are readily available from any well sorted computer hardware store (as well as from RAQport). This also includes motherboard and case. Aside from that the operating system is not tied to the hardware, so you could basically run the same operating system on any hardware.
Flat learning curve: If you are already familiar with running a Sun Cobalt server appliance (especially an XTR or RaQ550), then you have very few new tricks to learn. The CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance's GUI is almost identical to that of a RaQ550 and neither neither your webhosting customers, nor you yourself have to adapt much.
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CPU • Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 / Pentium® D processors in LGA775 package• Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipset
• Intel® E7230 Northbridge- Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 / Pentium® D processors Front Side Bus (FSB) at533/800/1066 MT/s- Supports DDR2 533/667 memory interface• Intel® ICH7R Southbridge- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec- 4 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s- 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC- ACPI 2.0 Compliant- Serial ATA RAID 0, RAID 1- Integrated AHCI controller
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered ECC DIMMs of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM• Supports up to 8GB memory size• Supports Dual-Channel DDR2 533/667 memory interface
Slots • One PCI Express x8 slot (this PCIE_1 slot will accept x8 cards and run at x8speeds / with an extra PCIE_3 slot for MSI proprietary riser cards / PCI ExpressBus specification v1.0a compliant)
HDD Interface • Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controller integrated in ICH7R- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives• SATAII controller integrated in ICH7R- Up to 300MB/sec data transfer rate- Can connect up to four SATA devices- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0, SATA RAID 1
Onboard Peripherals
• 1 PS/2 keyboard port• 1 PS/2 mouse port• 1 serial port & 1 serial pinheader• 1 VGA port• 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode• 2 RJ-45 ports (with LEDs)• 4 USB ports (2 on the front and 2 on the rear)
Onboard Graphics
• ATI Radeon 7000 Graphics Controller- Onboard 16MB Video SDRAM- Uses PCI 32-bit/33MHz interface on ICH7R
Onboard LAN• Intel 82573V/L Gigabit Ethernet Controller- Uses PCI Express x1 interface on ICH7R- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s, and 1000Mb/s
Power Management Features
• Wake up on LAN (WOL), wake up on serial ring, wake up on PCI• RTC alarm and wake up• Wake up on keyboard/mouse/USB from S1• Supports ACPI S1, S4, S5 function
System Management
• SMBus (I2C)- Temperature, voltage, and fan monitors- Chassis intrusion
BIOS• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheraldevices and expansion cards of the board automatically• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function whichrecords your mainboard specifications
Dimension and Mounting• ATX Form Factor: 30.5cm (L) x 24.4cm (W)• 9 mounting holes
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH. INC- WD Caviar SE WD1600JS - Hard drive - 1 TB - internal - 3.5" - SATA II - 22-position plug - 7200 rpm - buffer: 8 MB
Product Description
WD Caviar SE WD1600JS - hard drive - 160 GB - SATA II
Type
Hard drive - internal
Form Factor
3.5" x 1/3H
Dimensions (WxDxH)
4 in x 5.8 in x 1 in
Weight
1.3 lbs
Capacity
160 GB
Interface Type
Serial ATA II
Connector
22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug
Data Transfer Rate
300 MBps
Average Seek Time
8.9 ms
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Buffer Size
8 MB
Manufacturer Warranty
3 years warranty
General
Device Type
Hard drive - internal
Width
4 in
Depth
5.8 in
Height
1 in
Weight
1.3 lbs
Compatibility
PC
Hard Drive
Form Factor
3.5" x 1/3H
Capacity
160 GB
Interface Type
Serial ATA II
Connector
22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug
Buffer Size
8 MB
Features
Data Lifeguard, Shock Guard, SecureConnect, FlexPower, WhisperDrive, Soft Seek
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate
300 MBps (external) / 93.5 MBps (internal)
Seek Time
8.9 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms
Average Latency
4.2 ms
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles
50,000
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces
1 x Serial ATA II - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays
1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support
3 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 3 years
Environmental Parameters
Min Operating Temperature
41 °F
Max Operating Temperature
131 °F
Humidity Range Operating
5 - 95%
Shock Tolerance
65 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 300 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance
0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
Sound Emission
33 dBA
This is custom made special order Computer System. Returning or exchange only for DOA items 30 business days.
RAQport reserves the right to use compatible models of the Hard Drives and CPU with similar specification.
What is your Return Policy?
Customer must inspect all goods upon receipt and notify RAQport within 7 business days if any products are missing or damaged.
All sales are final. Return of non-defective product within the first 30 days from date of purchase will be subjected to a 15% Return Fee.
Shipping fees and/or Return shipping costs are not refundable and are the sole responsibility of the customer.
Only defective product returns will be accepted after 30 days for repair or replacement only.
Products sold with a Manufacturer or Direct Warranty must be returned directly to the product manufacturer for repair or replacement. For these items, the warranty policy from the product manufacturer explicitly requires that any returns, repairs etc. be requested and processed directly by the consumer (or "end-user") of the item.
Due to licensing and copyright laws, we do not accept returns on software once a package has been opened. Defective software will be exchanged for the same title only.
To return a product you must obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. RAQport will not accept returns without prior authorization.
RMA numbers are valid for 30 days. RMA numbers will not be extended and will be closed upon expiration. You must contact RAQport to obtain another RMA number.
Once the RMA has been issued you will receive an email explaining what to expect during the return process. If the return is a multiple box shipment the RMA number must be marked on all packages returned. All packages returned must have the RMA number displayed in large bold letters on the outside of the box.
Unauthorized or Unmarked returns will not be honored and may be refused upon receipt and/or shipped back at the customer’s expense.
Shipments that are refused without authorization, or that are returned due to an invalid address, are subject to a 15% Return Fee plus applicable handling fees.
All product(s) must be return as originally received to include original packaging, manuals, documentation, and all bundled accessories. Returns must be packaged appropriately as to minimize any unnecessary damage during transit. Product(s) damaged during shipment will invalidate both the warranty and RMA and will be returned to the customer at the customer’s expense.
All Warranty Exchange replacements are subject to product availability. If an exact replacement is not available upon testing RAQport will substitute the product(s) with a similar, suitable, or upgraded product(s) of equal or greater value within 7 to 10 business days. If none of these options are available RAQport will credit the customer’s account based upon current market value of the received product(s).
Per product descriptions, compatibility can be reasonably assured in most cases but can never be guaranteed; a product that is incompatible in a specific hardware/software environment is not therefore automatically "defective".
Return Policies subject to change without prior notice. Customer should review these return policies prior to making purchase.The sudden demise of the Sun Cobalt RaQ has left ISPs and hosting companies with a time bomb: hundreds of thousands of RaQ servers worldwide starting to wear out with no viable replacement. Fortunately, Centos Blue Quartz is the answer.Since 1998 Cobalt RaQs have dominated the hosting market. Hundreds of thousands of these massively popular servers are still in service today hosting millions of web sites worldwide. The reason for the popularity of the product was quite simple; it was easy to deploy and easy to manage. This allowed ISPs and hosting companies to provide a high level service to their customers without the high costs associated with managing their web sites for them. The RaQ s software gave the customer control of the website whilst the ISP looked after the hardware.In late 2000, Sun purchased Cobalt Networks Inc., scooping up both the company's server line and Cobalt's sales force in a stock-for-stock deal worth about $2.1 billion.In an orientation training directly after the "merger" (as they called it at the time, partially to keep Cobalt folks happy and partially to justify the $2bn cost), Sun's HR folks swore that one of the reasons that Sun bought Cobalt was to teach Sun how to move like a small company again. Trying to get 250 so people to infect a culture of nearly 40,000 (at the time) was ridiculous. It has taken -years- for Sun to see the big picture on Linux and it still don't seem to get the real picture.Statement from the former Cobalt Sun employee"Being an ex-Cobalt and Sun employee, I would love to tell you a little more. First off, even though I was fairly early into Cobalt, not all of us made lots of money; in fact I made what I can only say was peanuts. It is fair to say the only Porsche I could have afforded would have been a dinky toy. Sun treated us like second class citizens, and the Sun reps were negative about Linux, and did not want to sell the products.Cobalt was the best product on the market, there is still really nothing like it out there. Interesting point to make is that have a look at the latest IDC figures, appliance servers are well up in figures, well above the estimates, with none of the bigboys their, oh and Sun, oh that's right, they have killed their only appliance off"In late 2000, Ed Zander (then president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems Inc. and now recently tapped as CEO and president of Motorola) said of Sun's Cobalt server line: "We think the demand for these high-volume, turnkey devices will explode in the next couple of years. Cobalt is our bet for the future." That future lasted only three years. On February 2004 the company announced that it will discontinue the last model in its Cobalt product line, the RaQ 550 server, following September end-of-life notices for the rest of the Cobalt line.Although the Cobalt line of 1U servers proved popular. According to Netcraft statistics, the number of sites hosted on Cobalt's has declined from a peak of 3.1 million hostnames and 942,000 active sites in August 2002 to 871,000 hostnames and 511,000 active sites in November 2004. Today s challenge for ISPs is how to move customers websites from an ageing RaQ to a new server without having to migrate each one by hand, whilst preserving the familiar interface that loyal customers have grown to love. With most ISPs having exhausted their supply of RaQ spare parts, they can no longer afford to wait before finding an alternative platform. However, the task of porting customers websites is expensive, time-consuming and problematic.What ISPs are desperate for is a fast, affordable and easy-to-use solution which allows them to migrate customer web sites whilst retaining the same user interface. This was the task that Centos Blue Quartz set themselves: to design a replacement product and a migration tool that would meet this need. The result is the Centos Blue Quartz server sold by RAQport.com Arlington Virginia Company and Solarspeed.net in GermanyCentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy successor of the RaQ550. It is much faster than a RaQ550. The software (OS and GUI) are open source projects with a pretty active developer- and user-base.We have ported our RaQ550, RAQXTR and RAQ4 software to the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance and extras like the SPAM-Filter, AV-Suite, Security Package, php, MySQL, Aw-stats, MRTG and latest PHP/MYSQL ( subject of additional cost see more RAQport.com Ebay Auctions )Aside from offering professional installation services we also plan on releasing certain pre-packaged software for free for this new and exciting platform.Centos Blue Quartz have taken the strategic decision to retain the RaQ's innovative and popular user interface. This means that customers migrating to the Centos Blue Quartz Servers will not have to worry about a steep learning curve. All of the tools for creating and maintaining their websites and e-mail accounts will look and operate in exactly the same way as they did before. As Alex Bajan RAQport CEO explains, There is a huge loyal customer base that has kept faith with the product because of its simplicity and ease of use. Our aim was to retain all of the things that made the original RaQ a success whilst solving the immediate challenge of sustainability. Centos Blue Quartz Server takes advantage of the latest developments in hardware technology offering significantly more performance and capacity than the original RaQ product. This means that ISPs will be able to host more domains on each server meaning more revenue per square meter of rack space they key to profitability in this competitive industry.Another concern that Centos Blue Quartz have addressed is the issue of ongoing product development. A team based in the US, Germany and Australia is responsible for maintaining the product and ensuring that it continues to meet the requirements of the web hosting industry. Centos Blue Quartz ensure that the Server OS is kept up-to-date with the latest security releases. One of the advantages of the Centos Blue Quartz over the original RaQ is that critical updates and security patches are downloaded and installed automatically every night without requiring any user intervention. This is of real benefit to ISPs who have many servers to maintain as they can virtually leave them to manage themselves.Centos Blue Quartz and RAQport.com development team also tackled a number of the RaQ s other shortcomings prior to launching the Server. The old e-mail server software Sendmail with Qpopper was replaced with the more feature-rich and secure applications. The Apache web server and associated development tools such as PHP and Perl were also updated to the latest stable versions. Alex Bajan of RaQport.com explained the reasons for adopting this approach, We wanted to maintain as stable a product as we could and this meant selecting the latest software components and a market-leading version of the Linux operating system Centos Blue Quartz rather than developing our own as other vendors have done. The customer benefits because security patches are released faster, the product is more reliable and their investment future-proofed.Perhaps the most attractive feature of Centos Blue Quartz for existing users of the RaQ is the in-built migration tool CMU. Michael Stauber explains the advantages of this software utility, CMU and enables ISPs to rapidly migrate any number of domains, websites and e-mail accounts from a RaQ server to an BlueQuartz Server Appliance in a matter of minutes. The process is simple and secure and requires no specialist training. As a result downtime is minimized and customer satisfaction maintained.Let's say you own a Cobalt RaQ and have plenty of software from us installed. Like the AV-Suite, SPAM-Filter, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin and the Security Package. Or any other paid software install that we offer. Do you need to buy the software again if you decide to move on to a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance? No. We offer to migrate the software for you based on our upgrade pricing list $75.00 for application.Sites, users, mailing lists and settings can directly be imported with the built in CMU from any Cobalt RaQ. So this is an inexpensive way to trade the aging Cobalt RaQ's against much more modern hard- and software, while retaining the well known functionality and GUI interface. A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance can do everything a RaQ550 can do as well (including Frontpage and but not Chilisoft ASP You can buy from Sun) - and it does it much faster. The serial ATA hardisks have a throughput of approximately 50 MBit/seconds and even the basic model with a 2.4GHz CPU outperforms a RaQ550 by several magnitudes. Aside from the speed there are other compelling reasons to consider replacing existing RaQ3, RaQ4, XTR and RaQ550 with a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance:Security: The much more modern operating system uses an up to date 2.6-kernel. All system libraries and daemons are as modern as one would expect from a good operating system. Additionally CentOS provides updates on a regular basis which can easily be installed to keep the system current and to make sure that it doesn't get exploited through vulnerabilities. In that regards a "real" RaQ550 is pure hacker bait, even if you install all patches and extra security measures. Stability: A "real" RaQ550 suffers from too many proprietary modifications. Especially in regards to the kernel's memory management, which make a RaQ550 inherently unstable - especially under moderate or high load. Dirty hacks in Apache to implement FrontPage and ASP support, as well as the Sausalito-enabled PHP-4.0.6 library lead to instabilities of Apache, as well as to memory leaks. Also, on a RaQ550 Procmail (used for local email delivery to mailboxes) has been modified in a fashion that it no longer can report certain signal exceptions back to Sendmail in case the email delivery to the mailbox fails. A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance doesn't have these problems, as the base OS is for the most part (aside from modifying some config files) left unmolested. Spare parts and replacements: Ever paid an unreasonable sum for spare parts like fans, rack mounting brackets, replacement hardisks or extra memory? All parts used in a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance are readily available from any well sorted computer hardware store (as well as from us). This also includes motherboard and case. Aside from that the operating system is not tied to the hardware, so you could basically run the same operating system on any hardware. Flat learning curve: If you are already familiar with running a Sun Cobalt server appliance (especially an XTR or RaQ550), then you have very few new tricks to learn. The CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance's GUI is almost identical to that of a RaQ550 and neither neither your web hosting customers, nor you yourself have to adapt much. Cobalt's range of servers became dominant in the marketplace because they satisfied the ISP communities need for an affordable yet powerful solution that allowed ordinary non-technical users to maintain their own websites and e-mail. This combination of functionality and low-cost was one of the factors that contributed to the dot com boom of the late 90s. Although the boom has subsided, all of those RaQ servers are still there albeit starting to creak somewhat as their workload increases. With CentOS + BlueQuartz Server's, ISPs and hosting companies can build on customer loyalty by providing improved performance, security and reliability. The CentOS + BlueQuartz Server retain what was best about the RaQ and builds on it, producing a state-of-the-art solution that will appeal to new users and loyal customers alike.
Questions: RAQport Inc.2004 North Monroe StreetArlington Virginia 22207Washington DC AreaUSA emailTEL: 703-528-0114 TEL2: 703-652-0993 FAX: 703-940-8300
Tyan Transport GS14 B5121 8 GIG RAM Intel P4 3.0 GHZ DUAL 1TB HD's RAID1Code: TGS14P800MAXWeight: 31.00Price: $2,199.00
Tyan Transport GS14 B5121 8 GIG RAM P4 3.00 GHZ DUAL 1TB SATA HARD DRIVES RAID1 w/ Centos Blue Quartz 4.8OR YOU CAN INSTALL ANY OS including Microsoft Web Server,
BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy sucessor of the RaQ550 or any Cobalt RaQ in particular
All new Server latest model from Tyan Socket 775 DDR2 RAM software loaded. Server is ready to ship worldwide.
We ship worldwide via DHL Express.
Warranties
Tyan Systems 3 Years Parts & Labor by Tyan.
CPU: 3 years by Intel
Hard Drives: 5 years by Seagate
RAM: lifetime warranty
Compact and sub-1U, the Transport GS14 (B5121) has a wide range of features which make it perfect for kiosks, file delivery systems, or any number of other server applications. With support for a Pentium® 4 or Celeron™ D (LGA775) processor, as well as PCI expansion slot, up to (2) SATA HDDs, built-in Gigabit and 10/100 network ports, built-in graphics, and support for up to 4GB of DDR2 memory, all make the Transport GS14 a robust, space-efficient server solution.
We can highly recommend the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy sucessor of the RaQ550 or any Cobalt RaQ in particular. It is much faster than a RaQ550. Also, all hardware components readily available from any well sorted computer retail store, so spare parts should never be an issue. The software (OS and GUI) are open source projects with a pretty active developer- and user-base.
Full Web Server with FTP, E-Mail, DNS & MySQL Server! BlueQuartz provides you an easy to use Web GUI that takes the hassles out of administrating a complex system!
Best of all, it runs on top of a modern Enterprise Class Linux Distro, CentOS. With regular updates, and best of breed support, you know you are in great hands!
This is the next replacement for your old Cobalt RaQ series servers.
CentOS is based off of RH Enterprise, and Blue Quartz is based off of the Open Source RaQ550 GUI.
Novell's Mono
Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com), the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.
Chilisoft ASP w/ GUI For Bluequartz / CentOS you can purchase from Sun Microsystems directly. ( not installed )
Sun Java System Active Server Pages (formerly Sun ONE Active Server Pages) is a secure, cross-platform Active Server Pages (ASP) engine. Java System ASP allows organizations to improve Web security by shifting deployment of ASP applications from Microsoft IIS to the Java System Web Server (formerly Sun ONE Web Server) or Apache running on the Solaris Operating System, Linux, or Windows. Java System ASP is fully compatible with Microsoft ASP 3.0 and popular Web authoring tools such as Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX and Microsoft FrontPage.
GCC Compile Tools v4.2
GCC is the C/C++ compiler needed to compile software on CentOS & BlueQuartz. Additional compile tools have been provided in 1 easy to install package. This is required if you want to compile software on your server.
Over view of the software on latest V4.6
Software Installed:
Apache 2.0.52 PHP 4.3.9 MySQL 4.1.12 Perl 5.8.5 Python 2.3.4 Bind v9.2.4 Sendmail v8.13 w/ SMTP Authentication Microsoft Front Page 2002 Installed CMU Tools Installed CCE Shell ToolsMidnight Commander Installed RAID v3.1 PKG InstalleddnsImport.pl Installedmod_auth_external for .htaccess authentication Installed
Installer is based on
CentOS v4.3 BlueQuartz v1.0
Kickstart Scripts designed for "hands off" install
Small Foot Print Install!
Full Install roughly 700mb
Headless Install! Hook up to the serial port and watch it install!
Ability to change Network Settings via the command line! This will even update the BQ GUI
Ability to launch custom install script. This allows you to install .RPMs, and make changes to your system!
MySQL Databases stored in /home/mysql
All "tmp" directories all point /tmp, which is on it's own partition!
Partition Schema
/boot
100 megs
/var
4 gigs
/tmp
1 gigs
/
6 gigs
swap
1 gig
/home
The rest of the available space
Quick Overview:
• Plug-and-play: start hosting web sites in minutes • Sub 1U form factor • High speed drives, memory, and processor for diverse web applications • Hosts hundreds of virtual sites with IP- and/or name-based lookups • Standard web services like DNS, SMTP, FTP, SNMP, etc. included standard • Compatible with Sun Cobalt RaQ550 users and sites
Features:
Software:• CentOS Enterprise-class Linux Distribution (open source)• BlueQuartz User interface based on RaQ550 Sausalito• OS Restore CD included for easy OS reinstallsHardware: • High-quality parts: genuine Intel processor and chipset• SATA drives - available in RAID or single drive configuration• ECC RAM (DDR/DDR2) up to 8GB (depending on chassis model!) • Front-panel control for IP address, hardware monitor, password reset, etc. Service:• Limited OS support available through RAQport• Obtain Support through the CentOS forum • Obtain Support through the CentOS mailling list• BlueQuartz Forum / Mailing List Archive
A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance can do everything a RaQ550 can do as well (including FrontPage but no Chilisoft ASP) - and it does it much faster. The serial ATA hardisks have a throughput of approximately 50 MBit/seconds and even the basic model with a 2.4GHz CPU outperforms a RaQ550 by several magnitudes.
CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor (read that as Red Hat). CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork. CentOS is free.
BlueQuartz project which is based on the Sun Cobalt Sausalito architecture of the Cobalt RaQ550. BlueQuartz provides the same GUI functionality which a RaQ550 provides - minus the Chilisoft ASP and FrontPage support. Sites, users, mailing lists and settings can easily be imported from an existing Sun Cobalt RaQ to a server running BlueQuartz - through the built in CMU utility.
The TyanGS14 server chassis is a very reliable and solidly manufactured barebones system with LCD front panel. It comes complete with rack mount slides, ample cooling and supports SATA, up to 4 GB of memory and Pentium 4 processors. Its performance and inexpensiveness makes it the ideal choice for an affordably priced server appliance.
We can highly recommend the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy successor of the RaQ550. It is much faster than a RaQ550. Also, all hardware components readily available from any well sorted computer retail store, so spare parts should never be an issue. The software (OS and GUI) are open source projects with a pretty active developer- and user-base.
We have ported our RaQ550 software to the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance and extras like the SPAM-Filter, AV-Suite, Security Package, php, MySQL,phpMyAdmin.
Blue Quartz start page
BQ Email Servers Settings
BQ Email Servers Settings
BQ TCP IP Settings
BQ Usage Statistics
BQ Virtual Site Template
System Status - Overview
Server Migrations. Which means that we will assist you in moving all sites and WebPages, users, email accounts, mailing lists, MySQL databases and DNS information from one server to another.A typical migration takes between 2-3 hours of time and we can perform IP address renumbering during the migration. Or we can keep the IP addresses of all sites as they were on the source server. However, if the IP addresses are supposed to remain the same, then the source server needs to be powered down as soon as the import of the websites on the target server starts
Sites, users, mailing lists and settings can directly be imported with the built in CMU from any Cobalt RaQ. So this is an inexpensive way to trade the aging Cobalt RaQs against much more modern hard- and software, while retaining the well known functionality and GUI interface.
A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance can do everything a RaQ550 can do as well (including FrontPage but no Chilisoft ASP) - and it does it much faster. The serial ATA hardisks have a throughput of approximately 50 MBit/seconds and even the basic model with a 2.4GHz CPU outperforms a RaQ550 by several magnitudes.
CentOS + BlueQuartz OS restore instructions
Prerequisites:
• 1 USB CD-ROM drive• 1 USB Keyboard• 1 VGA Monitor
Connect the CD-ROM and Keyboard to the USB ports on the front or back of the unit. Plug the monitor in. Put the (included) CentOS + BlueQuartz OS Restore CD into the CD-ROM and power on the server.
Press F2 during power up to access the BIOS.
Bios settings:
1.) Make sure that the boot device (see menu entry "BOOT") lists CD-ROM as first device. If the CD-ROM is not listed as first device, then you can move it upwards in the list with the +/- keys on the numerical keypad.
2.) RAID: Make sure that RAID is [DISABLED]. Please note that onboard raid controllers are not efficient. We use software RAID.Set BIOS "Advanced" to the following settings:
Installed O/S:
[Other]
Reset Configuratiion Data:
[NO]
Large Disk Access Mode:
[Other]
Parallel ATA:
[Disabled]
Serial ATA:
[Enabled]
Native Mode Operation:
[Serial ATA]
Legacy USB Support:
[Enabled]
In BIOS menu "MAIN" confirm that IDE Channel 2 and 3 Master are set to the following settings: Auto 32 Bit I/O [Enabled]
Save the changes and let the unit boot off the CD-ROM.
Actual OS install:
Read known issues in regards to USB CD-ROM
Sit back and watch it fly through setting up. It does NOT require any key board intervention!
When it is finished, it will be at a login prompt. Type “root” and hit enter.
It will ask you for the IP address, Netmask and Default Gateway. Please have them handy!IP Address: __________________________Netmask: ____________________________Gateway: ____________________________
The setup script will continue adding and removing packages needed to run your new box.
After the install is finish, you will need to connect to the web address using a web browser
Follow on screen setup! And your done!
Before Actually Installing, please read the known issues to avoid any problems!
Known Issues: This is only if you have another system with no internal CD ROM
USB CD ROM issue. The install may drop into text mode, “ask for language”. If this is the case, reboot the server and watch the monitor, when there is a pause and the display reads “loading /sbin/loader” remove and reinsert the CD ROM USB cord. You should see info box “loading USB storage driver and the install should continue without intervention.
Unless you remove the CD when ejected, the server may reboot and load off the CD when the install is finished. If this is the case, power down the server, power up the server and immediately remove the CD, so the server will boot from the hard drive.
During initial Blue Quartz Setup Wizard, the wizard may crash if you change the IP of the DNS server from 127.0.0.1. Please change it after installation is complete. This in no way will limit the functionality of server, nor will it degrade performance.
If you click on “System Settings” and then “TCP/IP”, you get a java script runtime error. This only appears to happen in Internet Explorer early version of 6. In Firefox, you do not have this issue!
The LCD may stop working after a “yum update”. If it does, simply re-install the LCD RPM located in /root using;rpm --Uvh --force --nodeps /root/NuOnce-TyanGS12-LCD-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
Aside from the speed there are other compelling reasons to consider replacing existing RaQ3, RaQ4, XTR and RaQ550 with a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance:
Security: The much more modern operating system uses an up to date 2.6-kernel. All system libraries and daemons are as modern as one would expect from a good operating system. Additionally CentOS provides updates on a regular basis which can easily be installed to keep the system current and to make sure that it doesn't get exploited through vulnerabilities. In that regards a "real" RaQ550 is pure hacker bait, even if you install all patches and extra security measures.
Stability: A "real" RaQ550 suffers from too many proprietary modifications. Especially in regards to the kernel's memory management, which make a RaQ550 inherently unstable - especially under moderate or high load. Dirty hacks in Apache to implement FrontPage and ASP support, as well as the Sausalito-enabled PHP-4.0.6 library lead to instabilities of Apache, as well as to memory leaks. Also, on a RaQ550 Procmail (used for local email delivery to mailboxes) has been modified in a fashion that it no longer can report certain signal exceptions back to Sendmail in case the email delivery to the mailbox fails. A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance doesn't have these problems, as the base OS is for the most part (aside from modifying some config files) left unmolested.
Spare parts and replacements: Ever paid an unreasonable sum for spare parts like fans, rack mounting brackets, replacement hardisks or extra memory? All parts used in a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance are readily available from any well sorted computer hardware store (as well as from RAQport). This also includes motherboard and case. Aside from that the operating system is not tied to the hardware, so you could basically run the same operating system on any hardware.
Flat learning curve: If you are already familiar with running a Sun Cobalt server appliance (especially an XTR or RaQ550), then you have very few new tricks to learn. The CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance's GUI is almost identical to that of a RaQ550 and neither neither your webhosting customers, nor you yourself have to adapt much.
http://www.raqport.com/ Inc.
2004 North Monroe Street
Arlington VA 22207
sales
Tel1: 703 528-0114 or Tel2: 703 652-0993
Toll Free: 1800 695-6200
Fax:703 940-8300
CPU • Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 / Pentium® D processors in LGA775 package• Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipset
• Intel® E7230 Northbridge- Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 / Pentium® D processors Front Side Bus (FSB) at533/800/1066 MT/s- Supports DDR2 533/667 memory interface• Intel® ICH7R Southbridge- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec- 4 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s- 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC- ACPI 2.0 Compliant- Serial ATA RAID 0, RAID 1- Integrated AHCI controller
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered ECC DIMMs of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM• Supports up to 8GB memory size• Supports Dual-Channel DDR2 533/667 memory interface
Slots • One PCI Express x8 slot (this PCIE_1 slot will accept x8 cards and run at x8speeds / with an extra PCIE_3 slot for MSI proprietary riser cards / PCI ExpressBus specification v1.0a compliant)
HDD Interface • Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controller integrated in ICH7R- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives• SATAII controller integrated in ICH7R- Up to 300MB/sec data transfer rate- Can connect up to four SATA devices- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0, SATA RAID 1
Onboard Peripherals
• 1 PS/2 keyboard port• 1 PS/2 mouse port• 1 serial port & 1 serial pinheader• 1 VGA port• 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode• 2 RJ-45 ports (with LEDs)• 4 USB ports (2 on the front and 2 on the rear)
Onboard Graphics
• ATI Radeon 7000 Graphics Controller- Onboard 16MB Video SDRAM- Uses PCI 32-bit/33MHz interface on ICH7R
Onboard LAN• Intel 82573V/L Gigabit Ethernet Controller- Uses PCI Express x1 interface on ICH7R- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s, and 1000Mb/s
Power Management Features
• Wake up on LAN (WOL), wake up on serial ring, wake up on PCI• RTC alarm and wake up• Wake up on keyboard/mouse/USB from S1• Supports ACPI S1, S4, S5 function
System Management
• SMBus (I2C)- Temperature, voltage, and fan monitors- Chassis intrusion
BIOS• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheraldevices and expansion cards of the board automatically• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function whichrecords your mainboard specifications
Dimension and Mounting• ATX Form Factor: 30.5cm (L) x 24.4cm (W)• 9 mounting holes
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH. INC- WD Caviar SE WD1600JS - Hard drive - 1 TB - internal - 3.5" - SATA II - 22-position plug - 7200 rpm - buffer: 8 MB
Product Description
WD Caviar SE WD1600JS - hard drive - 160 GB - SATA II
Type
Hard drive - internal
Form Factor
3.5" x 1/3H
Dimensions (WxDxH)
4 in x 5.8 in x 1 in
Weight
1.3 lbs
Capacity
160 GB
Interface Type
Serial ATA II
Connector
22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug
Data Transfer Rate
300 MBps
Average Seek Time
8.9 ms
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Buffer Size
8 MB
Manufacturer Warranty
3 years warranty
General
Device Type
Hard drive - internal
Width
4 in
Depth
5.8 in
Height
1 in
Weight
1.3 lbs
Compatibility
PC
Hard Drive
Form Factor
3.5" x 1/3H
Capacity
160 GB
Interface Type
Serial ATA II
Connector
22-position Serial ATA (SATA) plug
Buffer Size
8 MB
Features
Data Lifeguard, Shock Guard, SecureConnect, FlexPower, WhisperDrive, Soft Seek
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate
300 MBps (external) / 93.5 MBps (internal)
Seek Time
8.9 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms
Average Latency
4.2 ms
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles
50,000
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces
1 x Serial ATA II - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays
1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support
3 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 3 years
Environmental Parameters
Min Operating Temperature
41 °F
Max Operating Temperature
131 °F
Humidity Range Operating
5 - 95%
Shock Tolerance
65 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 300 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance
0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
Sound Emission
33 dBA
This is custom made special order Computer System. Returning or exchange only for DOA items 30 business days.
RAQport reserves the right to use compatible models of the Hard Drives and CPU with similar specification.
What is your Return Policy?
Customer must inspect all goods upon receipt and notify RAQport within 7 business days if any products are missing or damaged.
All sales are final. Return of non-defective product within the first 30 days from date of purchase will be subjected to a 15% Return Fee.
Shipping fees and/or Return shipping costs are not refundable and are the sole responsibility of the customer.
Only defective product returns will be accepted after 30 days for repair or replacement only.
Products sold with a Manufacturer or Direct Warranty must be returned directly to the product manufacturer for repair or replacement. For these items, the warranty policy from the product manufacturer explicitly requires that any returns, repairs etc. be requested and processed directly by the consumer (or "end-user") of the item.
Due to licensing and copyright laws, we do not accept returns on software once a package has been opened. Defective software will be exchanged for the same title only.
To return a product you must obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. RAQport will not accept returns without prior authorization.
RMA numbers are valid for 30 days. RMA numbers will not be extended and will be closed upon expiration. You must contact RAQport to obtain another RMA number.
Once the RMA has been issued you will receive an email explaining what to expect during the return process. If the return is a multiple box shipment the RMA number must be marked on all packages returned. All packages returned must have the RMA number displayed in large bold letters on the outside of the box.
Unauthorized or Unmarked returns will not be honored and may be refused upon receipt and/or shipped back at the customer’s expense.
Shipments that are refused without authorization, or that are returned due to an invalid address, are subject to a 15% Return Fee plus applicable handling fees.
All product(s) must be return as originally received to include original packaging, manuals, documentation, and all bundled accessories. Returns must be packaged appropriately as to minimize any unnecessary damage during transit. Product(s) damaged during shipment will invalidate both the warranty and RMA and will be returned to the customer at the customer’s expense.
All Warranty Exchange replacements are subject to product availability. If an exact replacement is not available upon testing RAQport will substitute the product(s) with a similar, suitable, or upgraded product(s) of equal or greater value within 7 to 10 business days. If none of these options are available RAQport will credit the customer’s account based upon current market value of the received product(s).
Per product descriptions, compatibility can be reasonably assured in most cases but can never be guaranteed; a product that is incompatible in a specific hardware/software environment is not therefore automatically "defective".
Return Policies subject to change without prior notice. Customer should review these return policies prior to making purchase.The sudden demise of the Sun Cobalt RaQ has left ISPs and hosting companies with a time bomb: hundreds of thousands of RaQ servers worldwide starting to wear out with no viable replacement. Fortunately, Centos Blue Quartz is the answer.Since 1998 Cobalt RaQs have dominated the hosting market. Hundreds of thousands of these massively popular servers are still in service today hosting millions of web sites worldwide. The reason for the popularity of the product was quite simple; it was easy to deploy and easy to manage. This allowed ISPs and hosting companies to provide a high level service to their customers without the high costs associated with managing their web sites for them. The RaQ s software gave the customer control of the website whilst the ISP looked after the hardware.In late 2000, Sun purchased Cobalt Networks Inc., scooping up both the company's server line and Cobalt's sales force in a stock-for-stock deal worth about $2.1 billion.In an orientation training directly after the "merger" (as they called it at the time, partially to keep Cobalt folks happy and partially to justify the $2bn cost), Sun's HR folks swore that one of the reasons that Sun bought Cobalt was to teach Sun how to move like a small company again. Trying to get 250 so people to infect a culture of nearly 40,000 (at the time) was ridiculous. It has taken -years- for Sun to see the big picture on Linux and it still don't seem to get the real picture.Statement from the former Cobalt Sun employee"Being an ex-Cobalt and Sun employee, I would love to tell you a little more. First off, even though I was fairly early into Cobalt, not all of us made lots of money; in fact I made what I can only say was peanuts. It is fair to say the only Porsche I could have afforded would have been a dinky toy. Sun treated us like second class citizens, and the Sun reps were negative about Linux, and did not want to sell the products.Cobalt was the best product on the market, there is still really nothing like it out there. Interesting point to make is that have a look at the latest IDC figures, appliance servers are well up in figures, well above the estimates, with none of the bigboys their, oh and Sun, oh that's right, they have killed their only appliance off"In late 2000, Ed Zander (then president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems Inc. and now recently tapped as CEO and president of Motorola) said of Sun's Cobalt server line: "We think the demand for these high-volume, turnkey devices will explode in the next couple of years. Cobalt is our bet for the future." That future lasted only three years. On February 2004 the company announced that it will discontinue the last model in its Cobalt product line, the RaQ 550 server, following September end-of-life notices for the rest of the Cobalt line.Although the Cobalt line of 1U servers proved popular. According to Netcraft statistics, the number of sites hosted on Cobalt's has declined from a peak of 3.1 million hostnames and 942,000 active sites in August 2002 to 871,000 hostnames and 511,000 active sites in November 2004. Today s challenge for ISPs is how to move customers websites from an ageing RaQ to a new server without having to migrate each one by hand, whilst preserving the familiar interface that loyal customers have grown to love. With most ISPs having exhausted their supply of RaQ spare parts, they can no longer afford to wait before finding an alternative platform. However, the task of porting customers websites is expensive, time-consuming and problematic.What ISPs are desperate for is a fast, affordable and easy-to-use solution which allows them to migrate customer web sites whilst retaining the same user interface. This was the task that Centos Blue Quartz set themselves: to design a replacement product and a migration tool that would meet this need. The result is the Centos Blue Quartz server sold by RAQport.com Arlington Virginia Company and Solarspeed.net in GermanyCentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance as worthy successor of the RaQ550. It is much faster than a RaQ550. The software (OS and GUI) are open source projects with a pretty active developer- and user-base.We have ported our RaQ550, RAQXTR and RAQ4 software to the CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance and extras like the SPAM-Filter, AV-Suite, Security Package, php, MySQL, Aw-stats, MRTG and latest PHP/MYSQL ( subject of additional cost see more RAQport.com Ebay Auctions )Aside from offering professional installation services we also plan on releasing certain pre-packaged software for free for this new and exciting platform.Centos Blue Quartz have taken the strategic decision to retain the RaQ's innovative and popular user interface. This means that customers migrating to the Centos Blue Quartz Servers will not have to worry about a steep learning curve. All of the tools for creating and maintaining their websites and e-mail accounts will look and operate in exactly the same way as they did before. As Alex Bajan RAQport CEO explains, There is a huge loyal customer base that has kept faith with the product because of its simplicity and ease of use. Our aim was to retain all of the things that made the original RaQ a success whilst solving the immediate challenge of sustainability. Centos Blue Quartz Server takes advantage of the latest developments in hardware technology offering significantly more performance and capacity than the original RaQ product. This means that ISPs will be able to host more domains on each server meaning more revenue per square meter of rack space they key to profitability in this competitive industry.Another concern that Centos Blue Quartz have addressed is the issue of ongoing product development. A team based in the US, Germany and Australia is responsible for maintaining the product and ensuring that it continues to meet the requirements of the web hosting industry. Centos Blue Quartz ensure that the Server OS is kept up-to-date with the latest security releases. One of the advantages of the Centos Blue Quartz over the original RaQ is that critical updates and security patches are downloaded and installed automatically every night without requiring any user intervention. This is of real benefit to ISPs who have many servers to maintain as they can virtually leave them to manage themselves.Centos Blue Quartz and RAQport.com development team also tackled a number of the RaQ s other shortcomings prior to launching the Server. The old e-mail server software Sendmail with Qpopper was replaced with the more feature-rich and secure applications. The Apache web server and associated development tools such as PHP and Perl were also updated to the latest stable versions. Alex Bajan of RaQport.com explained the reasons for adopting this approach, We wanted to maintain as stable a product as we could and this meant selecting the latest software components and a market-leading version of the Linux operating system Centos Blue Quartz rather than developing our own as other vendors have done. The customer benefits because security patches are released faster, the product is more reliable and their investment future-proofed.Perhaps the most attractive feature of Centos Blue Quartz for existing users of the RaQ is the in-built migration tool CMU. Michael Stauber explains the advantages of this software utility, CMU and enables ISPs to rapidly migrate any number of domains, websites and e-mail accounts from a RaQ server to an BlueQuartz Server Appliance in a matter of minutes. The process is simple and secure and requires no specialist training. As a result downtime is minimized and customer satisfaction maintained.Let's say you own a Cobalt RaQ and have plenty of software from us installed. Like the AV-Suite, SPAM-Filter, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin and the Security Package. Or any other paid software install that we offer. Do you need to buy the software again if you decide to move on to a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance? No. We offer to migrate the software for you based on our upgrade pricing list $75.00 for application.Sites, users, mailing lists and settings can directly be imported with the built in CMU from any Cobalt RaQ. So this is an inexpensive way to trade the aging Cobalt RaQ's against much more modern hard- and software, while retaining the well known functionality and GUI interface. A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance can do everything a RaQ550 can do as well (including Frontpage and but not Chilisoft ASP You can buy from Sun) - and it does it much faster. The serial ATA hardisks have a throughput of approximately 50 MBit/seconds and even the basic model with a 2.4GHz CPU outperforms a RaQ550 by several magnitudes. Aside from the speed there are other compelling reasons to consider replacing existing RaQ3, RaQ4, XTR and RaQ550 with a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance:Security: The much more modern operating system uses an up to date 2.6-kernel. All system libraries and daemons are as modern as one would expect from a good operating system. Additionally CentOS provides updates on a regular basis which can easily be installed to keep the system current and to make sure that it doesn't get exploited through vulnerabilities. In that regards a "real" RaQ550 is pure hacker bait, even if you install all patches and extra security measures. Stability: A "real" RaQ550 suffers from too many proprietary modifications. Especially in regards to the kernel's memory management, which make a RaQ550 inherently unstable - especially under moderate or high load. Dirty hacks in Apache to implement FrontPage and ASP support, as well as the Sausalito-enabled PHP-4.0.6 library lead to instabilities of Apache, as well as to memory leaks. Also, on a RaQ550 Procmail (used for local email delivery to mailboxes) has been modified in a fashion that it no longer can report certain signal exceptions back to Sendmail in case the email delivery to the mailbox fails. A CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance doesn't have these problems, as the base OS is for the most part (aside from modifying some config files) left unmolested. Spare parts and replacements: Ever paid an unreasonable sum for spare parts like fans, rack mounting brackets, replacement hardisks or extra memory? All parts used in a CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance are readily available from any well sorted computer hardware store (as well as from us). This also includes motherboard and case. Aside from that the operating system is not tied to the hardware, so you could basically run the same operating system on any hardware. Flat learning curve: If you are already familiar with running a Sun Cobalt server appliance (especially an XTR or RaQ550), then you have very few new tricks to learn. The CentOS + BlueQuartz Server Appliance's GUI is almost identical to that of a RaQ550 and neither neither your web hosting customers, nor you yourself have to adapt much. Cobalt's range of servers became dominant in the marketplace because they satisfied the ISP communities need for an affordable yet powerful solution that allowed ordinary non-technical users to maintain their own websites and e-mail. This combination of functionality and low-cost was one of the factors that contributed to the dot com boom of the late 90s. Although the boom has subsided, all of those RaQ servers are still there albeit starting to creak somewhat as their workload increases. With CentOS + BlueQuartz Server's, ISPs and hosting companies can build on customer loyalty by providing improved performance, security and reliability. The CentOS + BlueQuartz Server retain what was best about the RaQ and builds on it, producing a state-of-the-art solution that will appeal to new users and loyal customers alike.
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