On 23 Jan 2013, at 14:05, Bosch, Juergen wrote: > I assume nobody of you is running an actual Osx server ? I mean the upgrade > to a full server version of the commonly distributed normal Osx releases ?
At the moment we have two OS X servers. One runs open directory for user authentication. The other is an AFP server for network home directories. They are elderly Xeon-based XServes and will be retired as soon as possible. We're getting rid of the authentication server because of unrelated changes to the way user authentication will be handled. We're getting rid of the file server because it's old and needs replacing. It will, however, be replaced by a Linux server. In my opinion, Apple's abandonment of its rack-mountable server line shows a lack of commitment to servers. The Promise RAID storage they resell is considerably more expensive than the equivalent from our Windows/Linux supplier. Finally, the other Mac admins in my organisation haven't been saying nice things about mountain lion server. If you look at forums like AFP548.com it's apparent that many other people are moving away from OS X server. Moving to OS X servers does simplify some aspects of administration. In the past, there was the added bonus that it was easy to get Linux and Windows machines to talk to a Mac server. Creeping changes made by Apple since OS X server 10.4 mean that this is less true. In particular, the horrible way Apple sets up SMB make its use a nightmare with other modern operating systems. Chris -- Dr Chris Richardson :: Sysadmin, structural biology, icr.ac.uk The Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, a charitable Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England under Company No. 534147 with its Registered Office at 123 Old Brompton Road, London SW7 3RP. This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer and network.
