Re: How do I turn a Power Mac G5 into a server

2009-04-22 Thread Ken Daggett
On 22 Apr 2009, at 07:29:12 PDT, jensid wrote: Can it be done without spending $999.00 on X-Server? On Apr 22, 11:16 am, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@ednaisd.org wrote: Load X-server OS. That would be the best way to start. jensid wrote: This is what I have Model Name: Power Mac G5

Re: How do I turn a Power Mac G5 into a server

2009-04-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 22, 2009, at 10:29 AM, jensid wrote: This is what I have Model Name: Power Mac G5 We would like to make it a server for 2 users adding more users later. On Apr 22, 11:16 am, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@ednaisd.org wrote: Load X-server OS. That would be the best way to start.

Re: How do I turn a Power Mac G5 into a server

2009-04-22 Thread jensid
Yes They did splurge on the drobo with 2 drives. Thank you for the advice. On Apr 22, 10:38 am, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 22, 2009, at 10:29 AM, jensid wrote: This is what I have  Model Name:       Power Mac G5 We would like to make it a server for 2 users adding more

Re: How do I turn a Power Mac G5 into a server

2009-04-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 22, 2009, at 10:55 AM, jensid wrote: On Apr 22, 10:38 am, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: Any SATA 3.5 HD will work in your G5. They have recently released a 2TB drive, iirc. Is Western Digital or Seagate better? Which way is the wind blowing where you live? I USUALLY have

Re: How do I turn a Power Mac G5 into a server

2009-04-22 Thread Clark Martin
jensid wrote: This is what I have Model Name: Power Mac G5 Model Identifier: PowerMac7,2 Processor Name: PowerPC 970 (2.2) Processor Speed:1.8 GHz Number Of CPUs: 2 L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2.5 GB Bus Speed: 900 MHz Boot ROM Version: