i'd disagree with the 24 hour comment
it all depends on what you put on to it... my minis are stock running
SnowLeopard server serving DNS, DHCP, NetBoot for DeployStudio. One
whole server is a FileMaker Pro 11 server.
Would I use a mini as production file server for more than 50
connected users? no. But its a great footprint and does exactly what
I need it to do on smaller distributed processes.
On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Dylan Haines wrote:
Not my first choice for server hardware either - in fact pretty much
the last choice I would make. Mac minis I believe were mostly laptop
components (5400 rpm hard drives etc) last time I looked. Also not
conducive to staying cool or powered on 24 hours a day.
However if they are intel based you might, with some research, be
able to put Linux on them.
Dylan
Dylan Haines
Systems Technical Support Manager
HB Studios Multimedia Ltd.
Box 725, The Hive
37 Hall Street
Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0
Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237
Cell: (902)553-0706
Fax: (902)634-3647
www.hb-studios.com
From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org
] On Behalf Of Joshua Halls
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:25 PM
To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Apple Mini-Mac, Ugh
Hrm....sorry just have to ask why were the minis purchased
instead :-).
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Tom Wilson
<twil...@d50schools.com> wrote:
Ok. So I was hoping to get a box, install Linux, put Joomla on it
and then set up a new website for the district with the $1900 that
was earmarked for a server in the grant. The outgoing Supt. instead
purchased two “Mini-macs”. So now I am left here with no support
or knowledge of how to install/setup/configure/use these things.
I got one hooked up and I am going through the initial setup steps.
I got to a place where it gives me a choice of using it’s open
directory or importing users and groups from AD. I am trying to
import the users from AD since we are a Win2003 network. I put in
the DNS name of the server (servername.district50.local) and it
shows it as an AD server. I put in my administrator account and
password and click on continue. It then pops up and says it is
cannot authenticate and that my username and password are incorrect.
First, should I even be doing it this way or is there a way to just
join this thing to my domain and have my win servers manage the users?
Second, If I am on the right path, any ideas as to why it will not
verify my account information and import the users?
Third, Anyone have any “Mac OS X server” for dummies websites that
may help me as I am now forced to teach myself Apple, OS X, and it’s
integration with a Windows network?
Thanks in advance,
Tom Wilson
Network Manager\
Technology Coordinator
District 50 Schools
1014 School St.
Washington, IL 61571
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