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Where does this leave Mac OS X Server now? Is it dead? Will they continue to develop it and for what purpose? The only product that is currently using it is th

• aaronbrethorst 16y ago
  And the just-announced Mac Pro Server: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pr...
  • akronim 16y ago
    OS X Server is just OS X with some additional services and admin tools, and probably less effort to maintain than a whole different hardware form. Given that the Mac Pro Server was only just announced, it looks like that's the tactical fix to fill the gap in the lineup left by the X-Serve. After the X-Raid line's name was already passed onto a third party (Promise) this isn't really surprising.
• jonhendry 16y ago
  You could always buy it separately, $499 for unlimited clients. There's now a "Mac Pro Server" option available, which includes OS X Server, but is priced a bit lower than if you take the base Mac Pro and configure it with the same hardware but without OS X Server. (Take the base Mac Pro, raise the RAM from 3GB to 8, add a second 1TB hard drive, and you've got the same hardware config as the Mac Pro Server, for about $30 more, and without OS X Server, which would add another $499 to the price.)
• jsz0 16y ago
  Virtualization probably. Apple already allows OSX Server to run virtualized with the caveat that the VM must be hosted on a machine built by Apple. They'll probably just drop that restriction so you can run an OSX Server on Hyper-V or VMWare on generic hardware. It will probably be a good thing for OSX Server.