Introduction - Cobalt Digital Inc RaQ 4 User Manual

Chapter 1

Introduction

The Cobalt RaQ 4 is a server appliance that provides a dedicated Web-hosting
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platform and offers new capabilities for high-traffic, complex Web sites and
e-commerce applications.
The RaQ 4 server appliance offers a full suite of Internet services with remote
administration capabilities, pre-packaged in a single rack-unit (1RU)
industry-standard enclosure. The RaQ 4 is pre-configured with Apache Web
server, Sendmail, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, Domain Name System
(DNS), the Linux operating system, FrontPage Server extensions, and support for
Active Server Pages (ASP), PHP and common gateway interface (CGI) scripts.
The RaQ 4 further enhances the suite of services by offering dual hard disk drives
(RaQ 4r configuration) or room for an extra hard disk drive (RaQ 4i
configuration); support for RAID-1 disk mirroring (RaQ 4r configuration only), a
faster central processing unit (CPU), an improved Bandwidth Management
interface, pre-packaged Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), enhanced backup support
and comprehensive site usage reporting. The RaQ 4 also provides tight
integration with partner products.
The RaQ 4 is pre-loaded with InterBase 6.0, an open-source, cross-platform SQL
database from Inprise Corporation. For more information on InterBase, visit the
URL http://www.interbase.com. Also, see "InterBase" on page 82.
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