[osol-discuss] Re: Request for Community Comment: An Enterprise-Quality Small Server/Appli

2007-01-14 Thread Peter Bray
Well, I'm not a marketing person, but in Sun's product line, its very light (think V125, then V240, then T2000, then X4500/X4600, then Ex000, then Exx000, its pretty light on most things) Also Apple's naming of the Mini, state or understate what the product is and let the market place be wowed

[osol-discuss] Re: Request for Community Comment: An

2007-01-14 Thread Peter Bray
Think Apple Mac Mini with dual or quad ethernet and 5 "flash" drives (for the reason mentioned in the article, and there current size and reliability concerns) Also I'm didn't won't to pick a "flash" technology, because I don't know the relative pros/cons of each of the more than half-a-dozen u

[osol-discuss] Re: Request for Community Comment: An

2007-01-13 Thread Peter Bray
> and even some small businesses need. The price, form factor and noise > of these solutions also detracts many users from such solutions. > > - well .. maybe. I guess if we are talking small 5 man shops then yes, > no one wants an Opteron screamer jet engine roaring in their office Exactly the

[osol-discuss] Request for Community Comment: An Enterprise-Quality Small Server/Appliance

2007-01-13 Thread Peter Bray
Greetings, The following ideas have been rolling around in my head for a while now, so yesterday I decided to write them down. I believe this is a reasonable starting point for a system which does not exist in the market today. So I have decided to request the opinions of those wiser then mysel