[FX.php List] Economical Mac Server setup

[Steve Winter]

That I'll certainly add my 2c worth to...! Having beaten my head  
against IIS permissions for hours recently on a new Win2k3 server, to  
the point where I gave in and installed Apache and applied the tomcat  
connector hack to to enable it to serve FM content, (which took about  
30 min, compared with the 3 hours I spent on IIS) then Macs are the  
way forward with their built-in FMS support for Apache...

Cheers
Steve


On 11 Feb 2009, at 15:08, John Funk wrote:

> Nice to see so much discussion. I see I am not the only one with many
> options. The bottom line I see here is that Macs are definitely the  
> way to
> go for simplicity.
> THANKS
> John Funk
>
>
> On 2/10/09 9:05 PM, "Jonathan Schwartz" <jschwartz at exit445.com> wrote:
>
>> My choice for Mac Mini would be a refurb directly from Apple Store.
>> $499 with one year warranty. Just add memory and 7200RPM drive.
>>
>> J
>>
>> At 5:30 PM -0800 2/10/09, Troy Meyers wrote:
>>> Bob,
>>>
>>> Since I started this mess, I ought to point out that I was
>>> suggesting getting a NEW Mini, not a used one. I personally have
>>> less faith in a used machine (why did they get rid of it?) than a
>>> new one.
>>>
>>> We've got 5 here, they are in a business situation (wise or not),
>>> with various forms of FileMaker on all, and none have failed in
>>> constant use.
>>>
>>> Unless I misunderstood, what John originally asked about was an
>>> economical way to fix up his client for an in-house machine, with
>>> just a "handful" of users, and one or two web clients. It didn't
>>> sound like a taxing situation. Here, I'm not too concerned about a
>>> machine failure because we have the backups on external drives, and
>>> it's so easy to plop in a new Mini if it should happen.
>>>
>>> I know this isn't an argument, just a difference of opinion, a
>>> different approach. Thought I should put in my 3rd cent.
>>>
>>> -Troy
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