{"id":671,"date":"2015-09-10T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T22:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parpro.com\/?p=671"},"modified":"2024-04-15T09:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:32:50","slug":"solution-brief-5-epic-cots-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parpro.com\/2015\/09\/10\/solution-brief-5-epic-cots-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Solution Brief: 5 Epic COTS Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-716\" src=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/parpro_cots_epic_failure_SolutionBrief1.jpg\" alt=\"parpro_cots_epic_failure_SolutionBrief1\" width=\"252\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/parpro_cots_epic_failure_SolutionBrief1.jpg 252w, https:\/\/parpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/parpro_cots_epic_failure_SolutionBrief1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>Why you can&#8217;t afford NOT to have Purpose Built Hardware.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that, whenever possible, commercial off-the-shelf hardware (COTS) should be used and customized platforms should be avoided.\u00a0 And, in many cases that conventional wisdom is correct \u2013 lots of applications run on x86 servers; everything from accounting to wagering runs on commodity compute platforms.\u00a0 However, there is always an exception that tests the rule.\u00a0 In this solution brief, we\u2019ll look at 5 instances where a COTS platform couldn\u2019t get the job done but a purpose-built application-ready platform could.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/download-solution-brief-5-epic-cots-fails\/\">Download Solution Brief<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why you can&#8217;t afford NOT to have Purpose Built Hardware.\u00a0 For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that, whenever possible, commercial off-the-shelf hardware (COTS) should be used and customized platforms should be avoided.\u00a0 And, in&#8230; <br \/><a class=\"read-more link-arrow\" title=\"FULL STORY\" href=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/2015\/09\/10\/solution-brief-5-epic-cots-fails\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Solution Brief: 5 Epic COTS Fails | PARPRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/2015\/09\/10\/solution-brief-5-epic-cots-fails\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solution Brief: 5 Epic COTS Fails | PARPRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why you can&#8217;t afford NOT to have Purpose Built Hardware.\u00a0 For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that, whenever possible, commercial off-the-shelf hardware (COTS) should be used and customized platforms should be avoided.\u00a0 And, in... 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