Bruce Johnson 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.
Under OS 9, File Sharing was always severely throttled in comparison to AppleShare Server. I think the same is true in OS X but I've never seen confirmation of that. > > 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. My home server is (client) Leopard on a Digital Audio G4. I have DHCP and BIND (DNS) running on it and I'm using Webmin to control them. Webmin is an HTTP based front end for a number of server apps. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
