Excellent! Thanks for the info! So, let's assume I want to just use an Xserve without the RAID for now. I can probably stand the noise (I prefer noise to deafening silence), and weren't there fans that could be put in place of a drive caddy?
Could I easily set up a WebDAV server on one of these? On Jun 2, 10:50 am, Brielle Bruns <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/2/11 9:35 AM, Austin Leeds wrote: > > > All things considered, I would go with the Mac mini if it wasn't as > > expensive. I've seen some really inexpensive working Xserves ($200- > > $300) on eBay and thought that might be the better route. > > > I've seen the XRAID units (empty) for $99. Do they need any additional > > parts (other than HDDs and caddies) to get them going? > > The XServe RAIDs themselves do - they need 2 managers (7 drives per > card), power supplies (at least one), fan trays (two). Alot of the ones > I've seen on ebay and the likes are missing pieces. Plus, you can't do > larger drives (500GB) in the earlier models. > > To actually hook them up to a computer, you need a fibre channel card > for the desktop - either an Apple branded 2G one, or one with drivers > under 10.4 or 10.5 (qlogic, atto, lsi). Note that 10.6 does not support > the qlogics from what I've read. You'll need a PCI-X or PCIe slot > regardless. > > You'll also need SFP 2G optics for the XServe RAID if the desktop card > has integrated optics, or you'll have to use SFP to SFP cables like what > the NetApps use. Each manager needs its own fibre/SFP connection to the > host system as well. > > For a fibre channel device, its awesome, easy to setup and looks really > nice in the dark. But, it is by far not what you'd call a consumer > level device given its not just plug into the ethernet and it magically > works. Oh, its not quiet either, and 14 drive spindles tend to generate > alot of heat. :) > > -- > Brielle Bruns > The Summit Open Source Development Grouphttp://www.sosdg.org / > http://www.ahbl.org -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
