[FX.php List] Mac mini Server

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

and change to SSD generation 2 or newer

2010/5/5 Gjermund Gusland Thorsen <ggt667 at gmail.com>:
> I’d go for MacMini Server, but still install MacOS X regular, as it
> does not make a mess with Time Machine when running FMSA
>
> ggt
>
> 2010/5/5 Dale Bengston <dbengston at tds.net>:
>> Hi Roger,
>>
>> I love Mac minis for development servers - they are cheap and take up little space. But I would not put one into production. They use laptop hard drives, and eventually the drive will fail. They all do, eventually.
>>
>> Server-based solutions deserve server-class hardware. A Mac mini with two hard drives is still running laptop drives.
>>
>> In the past, I've used PostFix Enabler to configure mail services on OS X. It looks like that product has morphed into MallServe. The $15 registration fee is some of the best money you'll spend.
>>
>> http://www.cutedgesystems.com/software/MailServeForLeopard/index.html
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Dale
>>
>>  --
>> Dale Bengston
>> Streamline Studio, LLC
>> www.streamline-studio.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 4, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Roger Moffat wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running a 2 machine FileMaker Server 9.0 setup, with the Web Publishing Engine on a Mac Pro 2 x Quad Core 2.8 GHz with 8 GB RAM Mac OS X 10.5.8, and the Database Server on an eMac 700 MHz G4 with 640 MB of RAM.
>>>
>>> It's time to retire the faithful eMac as I can't move past FileMaker Server 9.0 on the eMac since it's not an Intel chipped machine (and our Volume License agreement means we get updated each year for the maintenance fee, so I sat on FileMaker 10, and now have FileMaker 11 available to us).
>>>
>>> I'm convinced I need to/can do this with a Mac mini, but am not quite so certain as to what I need in the way of a Mac mini.
>>>
>>> 1 - a "regular" Mac mini running Mac OS X or
>>>
>>> 2 - a Mac mini Server running Mac OS X Server.
>>>
>>> The mini will primarily be for FileMaker Server 11, but I am considering also using it as a Mail Server to send outgoing mail from my place. My DSL line is provided by SpeakEasy.net and I've been having more and more trouble with them in recent weeks with their mail servers turning up on a seemingly increasing number of black lists. One suggested solution from them was to use one of my IP numbers for a mail server to allow me to send all outgoing mail out through an IP number I directly control rather than through their mail servers which get blacklisted when other SpeakEasy customers engage in behaviour that causes the SpeakEasy servers to be blacklisted.
>>>
>>> So, does FileMaker Server work equally well on Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard? Any pros/cons of using one over the other just as far as FileMaker Server is concerned?
>>>
>>> For the purposes of setting up Mac OS X to be a mail server to be used for outgoing mail is this significantly easier to set up in Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server compared to digging around using Google and finding enough information to turn on mail sending in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard? IE - is the price of going for a refurbed mini Server at $849 worth the extra over a "regular" mini (none available right now on the Apple Store).
>>>
>>> I've looked through previous discussions I could find about Mac minis, but they seem to predate the Mac mini server machine with its dual hard drives and Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server software installed.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any insights
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
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