Good tips! Thanks. I already went through and set one up without
integration just to see what it can do. I might like the blog and wiki
part, so I could see maybe tying it in with a Joomla server that will
run our website. Maybe point our site to them for these resources. I
will try the DNS suggestions on the next one and see if I can get it to
play nice with Windows.
Tom Wilson
Technology Coordinator/
Network Manager
District 50 Schools
Washington, IL
(309) 745-9531
-----Original Message-----
From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org
[mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Tim Crawford
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 1:06 PM
To: tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Apple Mini-Mac, Ugh
> Not my first choice for server hardware either - in fact pretty much
the
> last choice I would make. Mac minis I believe were mostly laptop
components
> (5400 rpm hard drives etc) last time I looked. Also not conducive to
staying
> cool or powered on 24 hours a day.
Provided these are the new all aluminum versions, they have 7200 drives.
> I believe they have a 1 tb HD in them
Nope, 2, 500GB
> However if they are intel based you might, with some research, be able
to
> put Linux on them.
Of course this is possible. Just boot them from a Linux distro CD. I
know they don't have a drive, but they can make use of a drive on any
other computer on the network (Windows of Mac). Or boot from an external
drive (FireWire oar USB) and clone the linux you want on them.
> One thing to make sure of is that there is a forward and a reverse DNS
> record for the machine ahead of time. A Mac OS X Server is is much
> happier if it can resolve its own name when it starts up.
This is most definitely true. If these are running 10.6, they will set
up their own DNS resolving themselves. Since you probably have your own
DNS server running, you should add the server(s) to that DNS, prior to
doing anything else on the Mac server. Then make sure to input that IP
when you initially config the Mac server.
Sincerely,
Tim Crawford
Apple Certified Technical Consultant - ACTC
Certified Member - Apple Consultants Network
Apple Product Professional
Tim Crawford Consulting
Carol Stream, IL 60188
http://www.tcconsulting.com
phone 630/707-0199
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