[FX.php List] [OFF] OS X vs OS X Server?

[Joel Shapiro]

Thanks Dale and Bob

Originally this client had mentioned possibly using a Mac Mini, but  
Dale, your post got me to check and they're on an Xserve :-)

They know the importance of keeping this machine dedicated, and have  
stripped off and/or disabled most unnecessary functionality, but good  
to get the heads-up for future times.

And to be fair (re: "dig" at Windows)... my client on Windows Server  
2003 has been stable since they day we started (2 1/2 yrs ago) -- and  
people on this list have stated that performance on Windows can often  
be better than on Macs -- and there was a test we'd done on this  
server a while back that seemed to prove that point.  (But let's not  
start a Mac vs. Windows war here... there are other parts of the  
Internet that still need more posts about that ;)

-Joel


On Jan 18, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:

> Hi Joel,
>
> Except that the server/web configuration is much easier on OS X  
> Server, there isn't much difference. It's also nice that one  
> usually finds OS X Server running on server-class hardware!
>
> The biggest problem with OS X Server is the temptation to turn on  
> other services like FTP since it's all there already. This has come  
> up on the list before, and there was some disagreement on how much  
> this affects performance.
>
> I think it's safe to say that things like email and ftp are going  
> to chew up network bandwidth available to that machine, which will  
> affect both FMP and the web serving. So, if you can, keep it to FMP  
> and web serving.
>
> Dale
>
> On Jan 18, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I've got a client that will be running a one-machine configuration  
>> (FMSA8, WPE...) on a box running OS X Server.  I've worked with  
>> FMS/FX.php on OS X & Windows Server 2003 but I've never done  
>> anything before this on OS X Server.
>>
>> I've already set this machine up for testing and everything seems  
>> fine (PHP & FMP), but is there anything I should know or do  
>> differently with this being on OS X Server?
>>
>> TIA,
>> -Joel
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