Clark Martin wrote: > 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. > > I don't have an xserve but do have a Sawtooth that I'd like to put to use the > same way the OP is desiring. I think this thread should be kept alive so we > can all learn about running a dedicated server on OS X. I'm getting tired of > the multi platform computing at home and would like to go complete mac, at > least for most of the time. So, let's keep this thread alive! I'd like to > learn all there is to set mine up!
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