Watch out for using apple desktop boxes as servers: apple has always put "style" in front of reliability and, especially for such "big" boxes when run 24/7, airflow and heat can become serious issues when you least expect it. Not exactly what I'd call a workhorse...
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Devin Ceartas <nacred...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. The virtual machine is a great idea. No substitute for actual > experience, though, which is why I asked if anyone had done it yet. > > There are times when I really do want to just wipe a system, repurposing > the > box to new set of configurations/applications and I've always found it > easiest to boot from CD and start with a clean install. > > I find Mac Minis to be reliable and capable machines. Their small > form-factor means I can fit 4-5 of them into the space one would usually > pay > for a single server at a collocation facility, so the economics work out > quite well for me. Especially as I can often pick them up used. I have 6 > minis running production web applications on OpenBSD at collocation > facilities now. > > -- devin > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:17 PM, nothingness <nothingn...@citycable.ch > >wrote: > > > Sergey Bronnikov wrote: > > > What is the sense to buy Mac and install openbsd on it? > > > You pay for Mac OS when you buy a Mac. So what is the sense > > > to install another OS on it? > > > > > > On 12:05 Wed 13 Jul , Devin Ceartas wrote: > > > > > >> Has anyone used OpenBSD on the new mac mini servers which don't have > an > > >> integrated optical drive? Is it possible to use apple's mac mini > > external > > >> dvd/cd drive once OpenBSD has been installed (for instance, to do a cd > > boot > > >> for a clean upgrade)? > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Devin M. Ceartas, owner NacreData L.L.C. > > >> <nacred...@gmail.com> > > >> > > >> > > You don't need a cd/dvd drive to do a "clean" upgrade, just download the > > latest bsd.rd from snapshots/release and boot on that. > > > > > > > -- > Devin M. Ceartas, owner NacreData L.L.C. > nacred...@gmail.com > i...@nacredata.com > (919) 442-8899 > AIM: nacredata > skype IM: nacredata
