All things considered, I would go with the Mac mini if it wasn't as expensive. I've seen some really inexpensive working Xserves ($200- $300) on eBay and thought that might be the better route.
I've seen the XRAID units (empty) for $99. Do they need any additional parts (other than HDDs and caddies) to get them going? On Jun 2, 9:43 am, Brielle Bruns <br...@2mbit.com> wrote: > On 6/2/11 8:03 AM, Austin Leeds wrote: > > > I'm thinking of getting a Mac mini as well eventually. But I really > > like the storage capacity of the Xserve. > > Theres no real difference between the storage cap of a XServe, a Mac > Pro, or a Mac Mini with some external hard drives via USB. > > An XServe has, at most, what, 4 hard drives depending on the model? A > Mac Pro has at least 2 internal bays (could easily be supplemented by > esata and an external chassis). A Mac Mini server has two internal and > USB for external drives. > > You could add a XServe RAID like I did to either a XServe or Mac Pro, > but that's an expensive addon, and requires the use of a Fibre channel > card, cabling, and PATA (there was no sata) hard drives. > > The other thing to note is that in quite a few cases, Xserves did not > have video cards - they were designed to be remote accessed. > > All in all, if you want storage, go gige with a NAS - either an Airport > Extreme loaded with external hard drives, or another vendor's device > that can do AFP or SMB. > > Then, you can use whatever desktop or laptop device you want. > > -- > Brielle Bruns > The Summit Open Source Development Grouphttp://www.sosdg.org / > http://www.ahbl.org -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
