> From: Rich Teer [mailto:rich.t...@rite-group.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:43 PM > > Yep. Provided it supported ZFS, a Mac Mini makes for a compelling SOHO > server. The lack of ZFS is the main thing holding me back here...
I don't really want to go into much detail here (it's a zfs list, not an anti-apple list) but in my personal experience, OSX server is simply not a stable OS. Even with all the patches installed, and a light workload, my dumb leopard server keeps doing really dumb things like ... failing to start the dhcp service, or spontaneously losing its password database, or failing to release a time machine image when a client goes offline... thus necessitating a server reboot before the client can use time machine again ... I generally reboot my XServe once per week, whereas my linux, windows, and solaris servers only need reboots for hardware issues or certain system updates. Quarterly. After several iterations, we finally disabled all OSX services except time machine. If you happen to like mac minis for their *hardware* >cough< instead of their software (osx server), you could always install osol, or freebsd, or linux or something on that machine instead. I like mac laptops, but their "server" and enterprise offerings are beyond pathetic. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
