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Can't run in a VM, that's against the license. So there had better be something rack-mountable, with redundant network and power, and a separate management port
by kabdib 10y ago
Can't run in a VM, that's against the license. So there had better be something rack-mountable, with redundant network and power, and a separate management port, or this isn't a server, just some app you run on some hardware that you hope won't get jostled much (or stolen, or "Hey, that Mac that's been in the corner hasn't been used in years, so I ...")
There has to be a license change coming, or new hardware, or this is just . . . wow.
- chongli 10y agoThey are selling the software for $20. If you even know about VMs, rack mounting or redundant power supplies then there's a good chance you're not in the target market.
- yardie 10y agoWe have them for our small group of designers. We also have a complete on prem and off prem datacenter. Mini server is used as our LDAP bridge to AD and to push device profiles. Still haven't found an effective way to manage OSX clients in a Windows domain. Password expiration is a nightmare.
- andrewstuart2 10y agoIt's definitely a server. It's just not enterprise class and doesn't intend to be. As a developer, my laptop alone is often both client and server and yet I wouldn't recommend anybody run their 24x7 business services on it. It's all about the SLA.
- djrogers 10y agoYou've been able to run this in VMs for years now, with the caveat that it be on Apple hardware.
- busterarm 10y agoThey'll even let you run 2 VMs per license! I found that clang did super weird things under VirtualBox though (I know, wrong host software for this...) and needed to be patched for anything to build.
- jsz0 10y agoActually the new MBPs seem to meet all your requirements... - Redundant power supplies: Connect multiple USB-C power adapters. Bonus built in UPS battery backup! - Redundant network interfaces: Connect multiple USB-C Ethernet adapters and/or PCI-E NIC in an external enclosure. - Separate management port: Not as comprehensive as a DRAC or iLOM but it can be setup to provide some of the same features. - Security: Various options available for locking down a MacBook or alternatively just use a rack with lockable doors.
- rch 10y agoUntil you have 10+ people using your 'server' to try to do real work.
- mozumder 10y agoWhy would 10 people cause the server any problems? We used to run corporate email server in the 90s with thousands of users, and they had 8GB memory and 2 processors - same as a Mac Mini. And their processors were slower than today's with slow hard drives, not the SSDs of today. None of the services Mac OS X Server does is compute intensive.
- jsz0 10y agoWhy would that be? An i5/i7 with 16GB of RAM and fast disk IO is likely to be just fine for quite a lot more than 10 people.
- mikestew 10y agoI've run Novell servers on machines that have less power than your phone just fine; even a stale Mac Mini will be fine for your hypothetical ten users.