Hello,

Has anybody had any experience with the Dell PowerApp.web (http://www.dell.com/us/en/ipd/products/series_pwrap_web_servers.htm)? They seem to be very similar in the software area as the RaQ is. It looks much more appealing than the RaQ control panel with both an server administration control panel (http://www.dell.com/html/us/compt/pwrap_linuxdemo/index.html) and a domain (client) administration control panel (http://www.dell.com/html/us/compt/pwrap_linuxdemo/domainadmin.htm).

I was thinking of purchasing one to play around with to see if they also are similar to RaQ's as far as customization goes, IE... if you tweak it, you'll break it.

I would like to try them out because they are similar to a RaQ because they have the control panel built in already for a simple plug it in and go configuration, and they are much much faster and more configurable hardware wise with dual ghz cpu's and upwards of 2gb of ram etc...

They also have the servers available with Windows 2000 Server as well as a control panel built in for those too... it would be interesting to see how it works since there are really no decent NT control panels AFIAK.

Anybody have any input, comments or concerns?

Regards,

Mike

[Edited by Phiberop on 04-09-2001 at 11:02 AM]

The Dell powerapp does not have a control panel. It's an admin panel that can only be run locally at the terminal. You would have to drive to the datacenter to use it.

I just checked, looks like it works both locally and remotely via a secure connection.

From Dell's website:

"The Dell PowerApp.web Admin Tool provides local and remote, secure browser-based PowerApp.web administration. PowerApp.web wizards simplify complex tasks, enabling you to quickly provision web sites.

With both PowerApp.web Admin Tool v2.0 and Kick-Start v2.0 administrators can configure, and manage PowerApp.web systems in a "truly headless" fashion- there is no requirement for using a keyboard, video or mouse on the individual systems.

The PowerApp.web Admin Tool offers Tiered management, providing different levels of access. The Administrator demo simulates a root or administrator access, while the Domain Administrator demo is an example of one of the many ways that access rights may be regulated by the administrator. In this case, the domain Administrator is only able to administer/manage a particular domain."

Coule be promising since it looks as if they offer a similar functionality of a RaQ with more power and customization.

Regards,

Mike

Hmm.... It's been a while since I spoke to the Dell rep. Maybe they've done some work to it.

It does work form the web. The Windows 2000 control system is very awkward and not easy to navigate. They also missed a lot of features.

I have not tried the RedHat system as we only use NT/2000.

Aloha,
Mike are you using a dell ap server then if so what is your thoughts now that you have had it a bit ??
Mahalos

The server is pretty good. I won't purchase it b/c of it panel though but if that's what you want then go for it. It's a stable server and you can have it setup in minutes. Remember though it's only an admin panel which can be done remotely as well as locally.

Play around with!!! You have money don't you!! They aren't cheap for playing :)

Originally posted by cahostnet
The server is pretty good. I won't purchase it b/c of it panel though but if that's what you want then go for it. It's a stable server and you can have it setup in minutes. Remember though it's only an admin panel which can be done remotely as well as locally.

Play around with!!! You have money don't you!! They aren't cheap for playing :)

Aloha
just curious why would you not or what would you do ??
I basically host my clients and want something fairly easy until I learn more about DNS and stuff setting up virtuals on win2k (installed it here locally to get used to it)
is it any weaker than any other system or ???
figured it looked like when I want to ad a client it was straight forward
I pretty much manage all there sites they do nothing
so that is what I am trying to do
agian any thoughts would help out greatly
Mahalo

Originally posted by MikePalmer
It does work form the web. The Windows 2000 control system is very awkward and not easy to navigate. They also missed a lot of features.

I have not tried the RedHat system as we only use NT/2000.



Aloha
what features do you feel it is missing ???

mahalos

We have a dell powerapp, and sorry it is nothing like a raq. The admin utility you are talking about is only if you leave the "special" dell linux on it. Our powerApp is extremely powerfull compared to a raq, it is a full-fleged x86 box. I've been very happy with the speed of ours.

Pardon my poor grammer as i just woke up... :o

Aloha thanks
funny you just woke up I am just gettin ready ti hit the sack

what is the special dell linux that you talk about ??
I was thinking of going the win2k way as I want to do ASP stuff ??
again any thoughts or help is much mahalaos

I just want to host my own people that I want a easy way to set up accounts and administrate them not going to resell it to anyone having access all my clients have me as webmaster to admin etc...
the one thing I am curious about is how I am going to do web based email hmmmm
anyways
again
thanks


heheh just saw yor other post on win 2k cough
hehehhhehe

yeah I have heard though that chili soft is not very good
I am not the best programmer but I cna rip with ultradev adn understand enough to tweak it just makes for fster dev time than hand coding I guess using ASP and ultradev than going PHP way

I take it that is what you do ?? ;)

Yeah, i pretty much develop all day. Heh, right now I'm wading through the mother of all templates (cpanel) it's all fun ... *cough

ckizer
what do you use for mail ???
does the dell have a basic pop set up with it in hte redhat version ???

sorry if this is a dumb ques but sometimes I am dumb ;)
other times I am a genius ;)
hehehehe

Mahalo for time to reply

also is it web based so users can get a web based client

I am leaning toward a dell app server running chilisoft maybe ??

since I use ultradev want to use ASP as it integrates well with ultrdev