I've used a few of the G4 XServes. The first thing you notice about them is the sheer noise from them. Panther server works well with them obviously. Coming from FreeBSD, I found a lot of frustration trying to use the gui tools (Server Manager) to admin the server, especially for virtual hosting of mail and web accounts. Things like postfix, apache, and qpopper were just easier for me to setup on my own without the gui tools.
The hardware itself worked fine. I only had it for a month to setup for someone, but it worked well; albeit loud. Server Monitor gives you a fairly deep look into the hardware for an Apple, comparable to something like a motherboard monitor in the Intel space. The RAID setup was software, but you could boot off of RAID 1. I believe the new G5 Xserves are hardware raid capable, which would be nice to allow you to boot off a RAID5 Array. All in all, it was a nice box, worked well and the place it's deployed is happy with it. On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 12:01:49AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote 0.5K bytes in 16 lines about: : Over the last few months I've been looking at Apple's XServes, and : they seem to have done some pretty nice things with the hardware. I : was wondering if any of you were using them as servers? (Or, even if : you know of someone that is). : : I was hoping to hear opinions more than anything else -- any thoughts? : : Thanks in advance. : : -- : Steve : : _______________________________________________ : bblisa mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa -- Andrew _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
