At 06:15 PM 2/28/02 +0000, Steve Leach wrote: >I see and would endorse your view - in fact as I said I am happy with the >GB1000 in terms of product/performance and would and indeed have recommended >it - in fact I still would if asked. In terms of scalability I see your >point, and I had not really considered the option or building a system using >a beefed up PC as I like the appliance model where I can get it. I have also >just noted that the model they quote is of a lower specification than that >currently shipped and the firmware/ software revision is probably out of >date too.
Interesting idea: I'm tempted to spec out a 1U server PC with no disks and 4 ethernet ports and see what price point I can hit (assuming it's not unreasonable to look for an IDE controller, since most of the 1U products I've seen assume some kind of SCSI solution. also depends on being able to get 4 enet ports [at an absolute minimum] in the thing...) >The tone of the article is the thing that really staggered me, it is pretty >negative and as you say comparisons with higher cost models are misleading - >I was a bit indignant to tell the truth as I like the product, and was >trying to bring attention to the fact that the potential buyer was being >given an impression that was unfavourable to say the least. > >For the record, we just bought a RoboX for our fringe office VPN and it >works a treat as well :-) same here. i had a flash unit for my home office but i resold it to a client an replaced it with a robox. no dissatisfaction with the flash, i just didn't have the "under the desk" space for the minitower. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
