can anybody tell me what Cobalt Raq is? advantages and disadvantages? and what's the difference between it and Unix hosting?

Or browse through the dedicated server forum.

Directly from the cobalt web site:

"Home to as many as 200 websites or a single, powerful dedicated server. If you're a service provider, the Sun Cobalt RaQ™ server appliance is the alternative to "big iron" servers. The Sun Cobalt RaQ server appliance includes everything you need to begin hosting now."

and

"The Sun RaQ is a server appliance for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). It can host up to 200 individual websites or it can be dedicated to a single medium or large customer. This versatility opens up tremendous opportunity for service provider to invest in a single piece of hardware while migrating business customers up to dedicated servers.

At a single-rack unit high and with minimal power requirements (50 watts), Sun RaQ server appliances can be stacked 40 high in a standard 19-inch rack enclosure. In fact, they can be pre-installed. All hardware and software configuration is remote, so when a client requests new service, the new site can be configured on the fly through a standard browser. All you'll need is credit approval. That includes eCommerce sites. The Sun RaQ server appliance includes: root access, FTP, Web, email and virtual domain support."

more is at http://www.cobalt.com

hey bigmattyh, i guess i forgot that v-important rule :d

thanx to u for reminding me and to 311 for the info :)

And silly me, I forgot that there's also a Cobalt RAQ forum too.