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yvette176 · 12-23-2003, 03:40 PM

just looked at the snapappliance dot com site. they want $199 *per copy*, and one copy *per server*, to upgrade to snap/os v4. sounds outrageous to me. and the new software *still* doesn't let you install stuff - other than what "they who know what is good for us" dictate.

we've just bought two new x345's from ibm, and once they're in and configed - and we've moved everything off the snap boxes - i'm going to drop linux into a snap box. yes, it'll void my warranty, blah blah blah. the snap software isn't bad, but when someone tells me what can and cannot be run on a paid-for out-of-warranty box that my company owns, well, we take a dim view of that. afa we're concerned, it's a mobo, p/s and four drives. we'll swap in b-i-g *huge* drives, drop in a version of linux that doesn't require a console *and doesn't prevent telnet logins*, and then we'll tell everyone how we did it. if anyone wants to help, we'll be glad to do a "team thing" on this project, and share the techniques.

we've got 4 x 4000's, and they'd make a fabulous cluster, or just four fabulous linux boxes. the hardware is good. imho linux will make them better.

really, this *we know what's good for you* attitude - to not let people run what they want on a box for which they've paid - is absurd and overcontrolling. i understand that they probably don't want to support user-installed software - fine. tell users that if they install their own software, their software support warranty is void. but to prevent software installation on a box that we own? sounds like 1963 eastern-bloc politics to me.

12-23-2003, 03:40 PM	#62
yvette176 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: san francisco Posts: 5	$199 per snap server for public-domain software? just looked at the snapappliance dot com site. they want $199 per copy, and one copy per server, to upgrade to snap/os v4. sounds outrageous to me. and the new software still doesn't let you install stuff - other than what "they who know what is good for us" dictate. we've just bought two new x345's from ibm, and once they're in and configed - and we've moved everything off the snap boxes - i'm going to drop linux into a snap box. yes, it'll void my warranty, blah blah blah. the snap software isn't bad, but when someone tells me what can and cannot be run on a paid-for out-of-warranty box that my company owns, well, we take a dim view of that. afa we're concerned, it's a mobo, p/s and four drives. we'll swap in b-i-g huge drives, drop in a version of linux that doesn't require a console and doesn't prevent telnet logins, and then we'll tell everyone how we did it. if anyone wants to help, we'll be glad to do a "team thing" on this project, and share the techniques. we've got 4 x 4000's, and they'd make a fabulous cluster, or just four fabulous linux boxes. the hardware is good. imho linux will make them better. really, this we know what's good for you attitude - to not let people run what they want on a box for which they've paid - is absurd and overcontrolling. i understand that they probably don't want to support user-installed software - fine. tell users that if they install their own software, their software support warranty is void. but to prevent software installation on a box that we own? sounds like 1963 eastern-bloc politics to me.