> Has anyone come up with a new board and hardware that can
> upgrade an old Raq3 case for a new Bluequartz server?
> Preferably, something that would still use the front panel
> and buttons from the Raq3. Would the standard CentOS-BQ
> package work, or would it take a custom BQ distro to use
> the front panel?
>
> Just curious as the Bluequartz server is running on older
> hardware, and the even older Raq3 is still sitting there
> on the shelf.
Trash the Raq3, or put StrongBolt on it and use it for your house0. Call
Raqware and get a new piece of hardware. Do you really want to trust your
business to a 5+ year old box that runs on an AMD 350 CPU when for $1,000
you can get a new Tyan based box that is 300 times faster, has 15 times more
memory and is well supported?
Not sure how much your time is worth, but I bill at $125 / hour. It doesn't
take much math to figure out the time/money savings that are apparent in
just getting a pre-configured, well supported box from a vendor, versus
trying to resurrect old hardware.