RE: FN-FORUM Virtual Internet - Don't go there.

date posted 13th July 2001 16:38

> > 2. The server I was sold - a Cobalt RAQ4 - carries limitations that were
> > not explained at any point during the sales process. Consequently the
> > server sold was not fit for its purpose.

> Can you expand on what the limitations were?

Yes can you?

> My biggest problem with companies who provide RAQ{3,4}s is that they set
> them up and leave them for the end user to maintain. When security
> vulnerabilities arise it is usually the end user who has to deal with
> ensuring that patches are applied. Why should the user and not the host
> provider deal with such important issues.

I have to say...
..is that not the difference between leasing a server and buying hosting
space. The whole point of getting the whole server, such as Raq3/4 leasing,
is that it is yours to control and YOUR responsibility. Leasing is pretty
much the same as co-locating your own server, only you dont own it:-(

Unless of course it is part of an agreement for provider to maintain your
server.


Dave ......on my first day of NOT smoking :(



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David Raza
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