[FX.php List] Mac mini Server

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

To be honest, I consider a MacBook to be better for servers for small
size projects, after all those come with about 10 hrs of battery
backup when the screen is closed.

ggt

2010/5/6 Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi at mac.com>:
> Hi Joel
>
> On May 6, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>
>> Whether or not Mac Minis are suitable for FMServer is a fairly common
>> topic on FM lists.  I wouldn't recommend them for anything really big or
>> "critical", but I do have one non-profit client that's been running a
>> one-machine config FMS on a regular Mac Mini for 3-4 yrs without any
>> problems.  The website is for Calif. state-wide training registrations,
>> although it doesn't get a huge amount of traffic, and at most they've had 4
>> or 5 FMP clients at a time.  They've got a good backup system -- on- and
>> offsite.
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> My situation is that most of the access is web access to the databases.
> Mostly they are "static" - ie they're not edited on the server. When updates
> are made to most of the databases it's done on another machine, then a new
> file uploaded to the Server using FileMaker Server Admin Console.
>
> One exception is an Orders database that gathers up order details from
> people making purchases from several of the other databases. Total requests
> in a day are around 5,700 - this is the number of lines in the file
> stats.log created by FileMaker server for 5/5/2010 - about 1 per 15 seconds
> it turns out to be.
>
> I also host 2 membership files for non profit groups which are at most
> accessed by 2 different FM Client users - myself over the LAN and 1 other
> person, with light access there.
>
> Performance wise the eMac has been quite satisfactory - you can for example
> go to this page
>
> http://data.wmgs.org/Newspapers/FMPro?-db=Orders&-lay=NewspapersOrders&-format=search.htm&-New
>
> to perform a search in a database of over 888,000 records.
>
> The WebPublishing Engine is on a Mac Pro, the Database Engine is on the
> eMac.
>
> The need is to get to an Intel chipped machine for the Database Server so I
> can keep up with the versions of our maintenance agreement - the server is
> currently running FileMaker Server 9 while I have, but can't install
> FileMaker Server 11.
>
> Roger
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