Greetings Calven, I have found that there three basic issues. Does the data and service need to be directly underneath your control and or private? If so, then a two Mac Pros (one for backup) with some special disk arrangements and several Mac Minis will provide a good manageble arrangement. Similarly, a couple Mac Pros running Parallels Server Bare Metal or Parallels Server for Mac have good management and security capabilities. They may not have the form factor of the Xservs, but they do have the power. I have found that management of Linux on PowerEdge tends to have higher cost factor in terms of administration. If this cost is not an obsticle then there may not be a problem there. Also, I have found an advantage in using the Mac solution in terms of geographic seperation. This has allowed me to maintain a geographically disperse group of services and benefit from fault tolerance where one location or another can be compromised due to some extreme circumstances that occur frequently for my customers.
If the risk of using say cloud solutions is acceptable, then Amazon¹s EC2, Slicehost, GoDaddy, etc would probably be a good choice. It may be a punt, but it sure beats reinventing the wheel if you don¹t have to. Of course, when you retire the Xservs you can always donate them to a needy student who could put their processors and storage capabilities to good use. I do not know what kind tax write off a university can help you make for such thing, but my academic research would certainly appreciate the facilities. Unfortunately, my other research would never let me talk about it. Later, Daniel Beatty, ABD Computer Scientist, Detonation Sciences Branch Code 474300D 2400 E. Pilot Plant Rd. M/S 1109 China Lake, CA 93555 [email protected] (760)939-7097 On 1/26/11 10:09 AM, "Calven Eggert" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, All > > Our company is thinking about upgrading our 5 year old Xserves. > > What are you guys using and/or recommend? > > > Calven > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/daniel.beatty%40navy.mil > > This email sent to [email protected]
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