[FX.php List] Economical Mac Server setup

[Bob Patin]

John,

My advice is to get on eBay and look for a used G5 2Ghz dual Xserve,  
which you can usually find on there for somewhere around $700. If  
that's a little steep, you can also find used dual-2.0Ghz G5 towers  
for a little less than that.

These Xserves work great and are generally good deals; one thing to  
consider, with a caveat: you'll see tons of cluster-node Xserves on  
there. These are even cheaper; you can find a cluster-node G5  
dual-2.0Ghz for $400-500 most days, but here's the caveat: they don't  
have a video card or a CD drive, so you have to have another Xserve to  
use to configure the hard drive. I bought some cluster-nodes, but I  
also have regular Xserves, so I use a normal Xserve to configure a new  
system drive, then I transfer it to the cluster-node.

You can also find used Macs at Mac of All Trades; in fact, I see that  
they have a G5 dual 2.0 right now for $699:

http://www.macofalltrades.com/Apple_G5_2_0GHz_Dual_Processor_2_0_160GB_p/g520dp3.htm

Hope this helps; best,

Bob Patin
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On Feb 10, 2009, at 12:03 PM, John Funk wrote:

> I am setting up a economical fm/web server for my client.
>
> I have been trying to get an old Dell Windows 2000 server set up for  
> FM Server 8 advance and iis to host FM files and FX/PHP. Among some  
> other headaches was the PHP install. I am not novice when it comes  
> to PCs, servers, Macs etc. and this process was the most frustrating  
> setup I have ever come across.
> I gave up.
>
> I am going to buy a used Mac to host Apache FX/ PHP and FMSA. I know  
> there is a min configuration for FMSA but is there a min config for  
> Apache / PHP on OSx? There will be only a hand full of users logged  
> on  from FM Clients and 1 or 2 web clients.
> Any 2 cents is appreciated.

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