I think the short answer, nothing. They EOL'd the entire product line, and
didn't replace it with anything. Obviously they do have other 1u "AMD" and
1u "Sparc" based servers, but these are targeted as general purpose servers,
not appliances.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Schneider [mailto:wayne (at mark) schneiderheim.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:05 PM
To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Subject: [coba-e:06371] Re: Sun replaced Cobalt -- Why?
Thank you for the response. You answered exactly what I asked.
However, I failed ask what I wanted to know. What I'm really after is
what Sun product replaced the RaQ and Qube products and are they an
improvement? If so, in what way?
Wayne
Bruce Timberlake wrote:
>> What product replaces the Cobalt/BlueQuartz Sun servers?
>
> BQ != Sun
>
> Sun EOL'd the RaQ and Qube products in 2000-2002. They released all
> the UI code, etc. under a BSD license.
>
> The BlueQuartz project has taken that initial code and modified it to
> run on a more generic Linux (the Linux on the appliance products was a
> fairly customized payload). The installer disk (available at
> Nuonce.net and other places I think) now bundles the CentOS 4.3 OS
> with the BQ web UI to replicate the Cobalt appliance functionality
> with the security and features of an up-to-date OS.
>
> So nothing will really need to replace BQ. BQ servers are what many
> people who run RaQs are migrating to, as the Cobalt hardware is aging
> and is underpowered compared to what's available today. BQ is a lot
> like cpanel, webmin, Plesk, etc. -- a "bolt on" admin interface.
>
>