Computer Appliance - Tradeoffs of The Computer Appliance Approach

Tradeoffs of The Computer Appliance Approach

The major disadvantage of deploying a computer appliance is that since they are designed to supply a specific resource, they most often include a customized operating system running over specialized hardware, neither of which are likely to be compatible with the other systems previously deployed. Customers lose flexibility.

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