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As someone who uses Mac Minis for servers the biggest reason is value. I can fit 2 Mac Minis in a 1RU. And that is a Core i7, 16GB, 2xSSD which is about 20-30x
by taligent 14y ago
As someone who uses Mac Minis for servers the biggest reason is value.
I can fit 2 Mac Minis in a 1RU. And that is a Core i7, 16GB, 2xSSD which is about 20-30x faster than what Amazon, Rackspace offers for the same price. Now throw in the fact that you can (a) send it back to Apple if it breaks or (b) sell it on eBay for nearly the same price it all becomes very compelling.
Given that I use a Java/Hazelcast/Cassandra stack I can simply add more Mac Minis to linearly scale with no single point of failure.
- chiph 14y agoI'm in the market for a couple for installing MySQL Cluster Edition on. I'll probably buy new (for a DOA warranty) and I'm going to skip AppleCare on them - I've had zero failures on the other Minis I've had. I've found that like you said, the used market prices are so strong that unless you're penny-pinching, there's no good reason to buy used. If there is a discount for buying 3 or more at a time like recuter said above, I may investigate doing that, if it's a steep enough discount. :) EDIT: Just chatted with Apple sales, and discounts are only for business customers, not individuals. :(