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We have some colocation clients who have a full cab of all XServes and Mac Pros (with OSX Server installed). One time, I asked what they run with all of that.

by seanp2k 15y ago

We have some colocation clients who have a full cab of all XServes and Mac Pros (with OSX Server installed). One time, I asked what they run with all of that. They said "Ooh, we needed it to run Tomcat". Uhh.... I don't really understand the point of OSX Server beyond possibly render farms (for music / movies)

shinratdr 15y ago
> I don't really understand the point of OSX Server beyond possibly render farms (for music / movies) Small businesses, because they are very easy to manage. More importantly though, Mac imaging. You can't run DeployStudio on anything but a Mac running OS X Server. So if you have more than 5-10 Macs to manage, having an OS X server around is a no brainer. It doesn't cost much and it makes managing & imaging Macs as simple or simpler than PCs. This is by far its most legitimate use.