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#1 2005-05-07 8:42 am
- elementforlife
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- From: Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Home Network using Mac OS X Server
Can I use my machine:
Powermac G4 FW800 MDD 1.25x2
2 GB RAM
30GB Boot Drive
80GB, 120GB, 120GB Internal Drives
250GB External Drive
I want to host a home network, just really to learn how it works, and be able to do all the updates to all the computers from one machine. I have a lisenced copy of Mac OS X Server, and will be hosting between 4-6 machines.
My question is, can I use this as my personal machine to run OS X like I've always run it? Or will I not be able to do the things I am used to?
All help is appreciated, all criticism is taken constructively.
FYI I am on the path for the first rounds of Oracle Certification, so running an Oracle 10g server may be something else I get into. Nothing mission critical, simply to play and learn.
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#2 2005-05-07 8:47 pm
Re: Home Network using Mac OS X Server
Yes, you will be able to do all the normal OS X client things you're used to. Though the speed of the machine may be slower since it will be running services that aren't normally running on a regular OS X client.
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#3 2005-05-15 3:41 pm
Re: Home Network using Mac OS X Server
But on that machine even with the services running, unless someone is actually using the services you should notice no impact on performance.
Though, if its gonna be a long term solution you might just want to dedicate that machine to being a server and use something else as your main machine.
I have a Dual 1Ghz, 1.75GB ram running 10.3 Server with 100BT Ethernet full duplex and it runs like a champ. Its not running a full suite of services, just AFP, FTP, Web, DNS, Mail (outgoing only) and Print services.
Last edited by Gipetto (2005-05-15 3:42 pm)
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