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What is BlueQuartz?
BlueQuartz is the name of the project for porting Cobalt management software as used on the Sun/Cobalt RaQ550 servers, which has been released as open source software, to other hardware. This project started in June of 2003, by Cobalt Users Group, and is now used widely under the name of BlueQuartz which we hos on top of the CentOS Linux distribution.
eis.net offers web site hosting on Sun/Cobalt Raq550 and BlueQuartz servers.
What are the benfits Of RaQ 550/Bluequartz hosting?
- The Sun Cobalt Server Desktop is an intuitive, easy-to-use Web-based GUI that shields the user from the complexity of the underlying Linux operating system. The Sun Cobalt Server Desktop provides end users with a simple yet powerful interface to manage and modify virtual sites.
Bottom line is a web hosting solution that offers the following traits: reliability, economics, simplicity, and flexibility.
What features does the RaQ 550 and BlueQuartz servers have?
- Journaling Linux file system
- Apache Web server, HTTP/1.1 compliant
- Virtual Hosting Services: named-based and IP-based
- FP2002 Server Extensions
- Support for Server Side Includes (SSI)
- JavaServer™ Pages (JSP 1.1) and Java™ Servlet 2.2 (Raq550 Only)
- Sun ONE Active Server Pages (ASP), CGI, Perl and PHP 4 scripting (Raq550 Only)
- Sun Cobalt Bandwidth management software (Raq550 Only)
- SMTP, IMAP4, POP3, APOP email protocol support
- Majordomo mailing-lists server
- ProFTP File transfer protocol (FTP) server
- BIND 9 Domain Name System (DNS) server
- SSHv2 server
- Telnet server
- NTP client support
- PAM/ Shadow Passwords
- Knox Arkeia, Legato Networker backup clients (Raq550 Only)
- Uninterruptible Power Supply support
- Spamassassin (BlueQuartz Only)
- ClamAV Anti Virus (BlueQuartz Only)
- Webalizer statistics (BlueQuartz Only)
The RaQ550 has now ceased production, we will be gradually migrate RaQ550 users across to BlueQuartz hosting so they experience the same familair user interface.
How much does BlueQuartz Hosting cost?
Business pack
$540 per year for single web site which includes:
- 250MB disk storage for your site
- 10GB outbound, no inbound quota (6c/MB excess traffic)
- 25 Email Boxes
- Unlimted Email aliases.
- Nightly backup of website.
All prices are in Australian dollars and include GST
Starter pack
$265 per year for single web site which includes:
- 50MB disk storage for your site
- 5GB outbound, no inbound quota (6c/MB excess traffic)
- 5 Email Boxes
- Unlimted Email aliases.
- Nightly backup of website.
All prices are in Australian dollars and include GST
How do I order?
1. Download either Busines pack or the Starter pack application forms.
2. Fax it back to us and our support staff will contact you with instructions on how to upload your website and database.