Hi Austin Happy to spout about my XServe any time!
It would be three by 1TB = 3TB total. I currently have three 250 2·5” (laptop size) drives in the bays: SATA connections seem to be the same on 2·5” and 3·5”. If I carry on using the XServe as a main beast, I’ll eventually get server-grade drives but this does me for now. Lepard server, more RAM, a video card and (if possible) a second processor would come higher up the priority list cheers Bruce On 2 Jun 2011, at 23:28, Austin Leeds wrote: > Thanks, that helps a lot. I actually compute most of the time with a > big box fan on full next to me, so I don't think the sound will be > that much of an issue. :) On a side note, the admin's office at my > college is also the server room, and he's in there quite a bit of the > time. His hobby? Building and rebuilding speakers! > > Right now, I'm in the midst of a project for my college newspaper— > we're wanting to expand our storage and give ourselves more local > control over it, since the lone Mac admin works on another campus and > is overworked as it is. I figured I would buy an Xserve for myself, > bring it to campus to test it, and the newspaper staff and IT and I > would discuss our options from there. Then I'd use my Xserve for VPN > and backups and whatnot. > > And yes, it's probably going to go somewhere out of sight and out of > earshot, to be remotely managed by my iPad. The G5 sounds best. > > So, is that 3 one terabyte drives, or three drives to achieve one > terabyte? > > On Jun 2, 3:13 pm, Bruce Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Austin >> >> I'm using an XServe G5 2·0 GHz single processor as a desktop machine, >> running Leopard client. (It came with 10.3 server but I wanted Leopard >> for TimeMachine and didn't need server capabilities. To be honest I >> just wanted the coolness of having my own XServe/shiny Apple joy, >> although learning how to set up server stuff would have been a bonus.) >> >> It's a bit slow but it does the job - mostly. It does need a decent >> video card (yet to be purchased) - without it games just lead to black >> screens of death. Also, even though I've built a cage to hold it on >> the side of my desk which diverts some of the fan noise away from me, >> it's still distractingly noisy. >> >> IIRC, G4 takes 4 PATA disks, while I know the G5 takes 3 SATA disks. >> Mine came with a CD-reader but I've swapped that for a laptop CD/DVD >> reader. There may be limits on the total drive capacity: >> - G4, everymac.com says 'up to four 180 GB ATA/100 hard drives' >> - G5, everymac.com says 'up to 750 GB of storage with three 250 GB >> SATA hard drives'. However, XServe dealers who serviced my XServe say >> up to 3 by 1TB is feasible. >> >> Overall, if you can find a way of dealing with noise (maybe put a wall >> between you and the XServe, then look for long keyboard, pointer, >> monitor cables and a big masonry drill - or just put an ethernet >> connection to your switch/hub and control it via your normal quiet >> desktop machine), want a high capacity machine that can support >> several drives and looks pretty cool, I'd go for the G5. >> >> However, you may find a Mac Pro quieter - and it has capacity for up >> to 4 drives, already will have a working video card. >> >> Finally, as I'm sure you've realised, G5s are limited to Leopard. >> >> Hope this helps >> >> Bruce > > -- > 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 -- 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
