On 22 December 2011 14:07, Jon Lewis <jle...@lewis.org> wrote: > Presumably, Barracuda's hardware is i386/i686 compatible commodity parts. > It's probably not at all "useless". Just attach a USB DVD drive or USB > flash drive, wipe the disk(s) and install your favorite Linux distro. > It may take some doing to get all/most of the features Barracuda provides > setup on your own...but if you don't have the time/expertise to do it, > that's why companies like Barracuda exist. > The hardware Barracuda charges you a very pretty penny for is very low end. $3000 or so that they charge for a mid-level spam filters gets you a single power supply, single hard disk, and a low end processor.
According to their site it does appear they offer the product as VM image. This would eliminate the stupid hardware markup and their attempt at backdating updates.
