[FX.php List] Solution to strange problem with client's new server install

[Bob Patin]

How can you run OS X on an XServe? I didn't think that was possible?

BP


On Mar 19, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> I usually reinstall on Mac OS X regular from the familypack disc.
> 
> I only have 3 XServes
> 
> ggt
> 
> 2010/3/19 Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
>> I do.
>> How are you going to run FMSA on an Xserve without running OS X Server?
>> I have 10 of them.
>> I just bought another Xserve a few days ago for FMS 11; it's on a 2.66
>> quad-core, 8GB RAM, running Leopard Server.
>> How does it run smoother on OS X than on OS X Server? What differences are
>> there? I've had zero trouble running FMSA in OS X Server; all but one of my
>> database servers is on an Xserve, so all of them run under OS X Server, and
>> I never have trouble.
>> Bob Patin
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>> On Mar 19, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>> 
>> Who on earth would run FMSA on MacOS X Server? It runs alot smoother on
>> MacOS X
>> 
>> ggt
>> 
>> 2010/3/18 Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>:
>> 
>> Snap!
>> 
>> I didn't realize that my clipped link did not include the full path to the
>> kb article I referred to. Sorry about that. It's Answer ID 6428.
>> 
>> Dale
>> 
>> On Mar 18, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>> 
>> Well, that's what FM tech support told her, anyway... as we all know, they
>> sometimes give out really lousy answers.
>> 
>> For example, they told a friend of mine, who's certified 8-9-10, that the
>> reason his server was crashing was because the database was badly-written.
>> 
>> Needless to say, he was NOT amused... :)
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 18, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>> 
>> Huh. Looking at the Server 9 system requirements
>> (http://www.filemaker.com/support/kb/), it looks like PHP 4.3 is the minimum
>> requirement. I think the Leopard Server FileMaker killer is Apache 2. Server
>> 9 runs on Apache 1.x.
>> 
>> Dale
>> 
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