This is good. I was just about to post a question exactly like this. I am in the same boat. I just bought two Xserve G4's and have the same question. -Jonas
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Bruce Johnson < john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > > > On Mar 26, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Expat wrote: > > > > > Hi All > > I'm setting up a home server (Xserve G4) to act as my main server for > > data, itunes, web hosting and possibly mail etc. given the choice > > between OS X Server 10.4 and OS X Client 10.5 which would you choose? > > I think that the difference between Client OS X and Server OSX is > that the AFP file server in client is limited to only 10 connections, > and it does not support mapping home directories to remote clients. > > As a file server alone, though it should work, and there are no > limitations on SMB shares. > > Postfix and Apache are both present, so you could set OSX Client as a > mail server and web server; you're also free to install other versions > of those, which would not be subject to any OSX limitations. > > For Web I'd actually recommend XAMPP, it makes getting Apache, PHP, > PERL, and Mysql all plug-n-play < > http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html > > We ue XAMPP for our production server setup for the College, it > works great. > > You also don't get the nifty management tools you get with OS X Server. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
