User manual

Cobalt RaQ XTR User Manual 1

Chapter 1

Introduction

The Cobalt RaQ™ XTR is a server appliance that provides a complete solution

for hosting virtual sites, publishing Web pages, transferring ﬁles, hosting email

and third-party applications, as well as offering new capabilities for high-trafﬁc,

complex Web sites and e-commerce applications.

The RaQ XTR 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 XTR is pre-conﬁgured with the Linux

operating system, Apache Web server, Sendmail, File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

server, Domain Name System (DNS), FrontPage Server extensions, and support

for Active Server Pages (ASP) and PHP.

All of these services can be used within an extranet or an intranet environment, or

across the Internet.

The RaQ XTR further enhances the suite of services by offering from one to four

hard disk drives, support for RAID Level 0, 1 or 5 (depending on the number of

hard drives at initial conﬁguration), enhanced backup and restore functionality,

disaster recovery and comprehensive site-usage reporting. The unique design of

the RaQ XTR allows the user to add hard disk drives through the front panel

without having to remove the server from the equipment rack.

The RaQ XTR also provides a ﬂexible platform for developing solutions,

including the development of third-party applications.

The RaQ XTR 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 “Enabling Interbase 6.0” on

page 234.