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Originally posted by: Injury
We use it here at work for network file storage. It works good enough. We really don't see much of the server side of it but there are a lot less corrupted files than when we were using a Windows server... (insert apples to apples joke here).
Originally posted by: slugg
Originally posted by: Injury
We use it here at work for network file storage. It works good enough. We really don't see much of the server side of it but there are a lot less corrupted files than when we were using a Windows server... (insert apples to apples joke here).
I'm not bashing your office's choice of server, but I must ask... WHY are you guys using OS X Server for file storage? OS X implies a mac, a mac implies expensive, and most businesses want something cheap and reliable. I'm sure the server is reliable, but an open source solution would either be equivalent and dramatically cheaper, or the same price and dramatically more powerful. Am I right, or am I missing something about OS X Server?
Originally posted by: TheStu
Originally posted by: slugg
Originally posted by: Injury
We use it here at work for network file storage. It works good enough. We really don't see much of the server side of it but there are a lot less corrupted files than when we were using a Windows server... (insert apples to apples joke here).
I'm not bashing your office's choice of server, but I must ask... WHY are you guys using OS X Server for file storage? OS X implies a mac, a mac implies expensive, and most businesses want something cheap and reliable. I'm sure the server is reliable, but an open source solution would either be equivalent and dramatically cheaper, or the same price and dramatically more powerful. Am I right, or am I missing something about OS X Server?
Yes, but Open Source implies Linux, and Linux implies not finished.
Windows implies Microsoft, and Microsoft implies buggy and insecure.
There is a problem with implications, they tend to lean toward the more extreme stereotypes.
OS X Server is Unix, so you get all of abilities of Unix, in a nice, easy to use, finished product that has a massive company behind it for support. Linux is free sure, but once you've exhausted your in house resources, who do you go to for support?
Originally posted by: timswim78
Originally posted by: TheStu
Originally posted by: slugg
Originally posted by: Injury
We use it here at work for network file storage. It works good enough. We really don't see much of the server side of it but there are a lot less corrupted files than when we were using a Windows server... (insert apples to apples joke here).
I'm not bashing your office's choice of server, but I must ask... WHY are you guys using OS X Server for file storage? OS X implies a mac, a mac implies expensive, and most businesses want something cheap and reliable. I'm sure the server is reliable, but an open source solution would either be equivalent and dramatically cheaper, or the same price and dramatically more powerful. Am I right, or am I missing something about OS X Server?
Yes, but Open Source implies Linux, and Linux implies not finished.
Windows implies Microsoft, and Microsoft implies buggy and insecure.
There is a problem with implications, they tend to lean toward the more extreme stereotypes.
OS X Server is Unix, so you get all of abilities of Unix, in a nice, easy to use, finished product that has a massive company behind it for support. Linux is free sure, but once you've exhausted your in house resources, who do you go to for support?
I do not to turn this into a Linux/Mac/Microsoft debate; however, your points deserve to be addressed. Linux can be free, but it is not always free. You go to lots of places for Linux support. For example, Red Hat is a very large company that supports Linux. Supporting Linux is what they do to make money.
Now, I am not a Server guy, so I have no idea what kind of hardware/software package you would get from a company if you did opt for Linux, nor how much it would cost.
But if he did point out that they get less file corruption than Windows and it works well enough, why switch to yet another server OS?
Well, FWIW, for a small business with no real IT department -- setting up OSX Server is tremendously easier than configuring a Windows 2003 Server or RedHat server. I work with all 3 server types, including an HP/UX box. IMHO, For someone with limited server knowledge or time to devote to setup, OSX Server is as close as you can get to a point-and-click solution. Although, for someone *with* the knowledge and resources, one would quickly find OSX Server lacking in many areas usually required in a business environment.
Originally posted by: Nothinman
I dunno SBS is pretty simple to setup and since the main reasons that small businesses get a server is for file storage and email that puts SBS on top since it comes with Exchange.
Originally posted by: slugg
Originally posted by: Injury
We use it here at work for network file storage. It works good enough. We really don't see much of the server side of it but there are a lot less corrupted files than when we were using a Windows server... (insert apples to apples joke here).
I'm not bashing your office's choice of server, but I must ask... WHY are you guys using OS X Server for file storage? OS X implies a mac, a mac implies expensive, and most businesses want something cheap and reliable. I'm sure the server is reliable, but an open source solution would either be equivalent and dramatically cheaper, or the same price and dramatically more powerful. Am I right, or am I missing something about OS X Server?
You're assuming everyone thinks of Exchange as a positive thing..
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: slugg
Originally posted by: Injury
We use it here at work for network file storage. It works good enough. We really don't see much of the server side of it but there are a lot less corrupted files than when we were using a Windows server... (insert apples to apples joke here).
I'm not bashing your office's choice of server, but I must ask... WHY are you guys using OS X Server for file storage? OS X implies a mac, a mac implies expensive, and most businesses want something cheap and reliable. I'm sure the server is reliable, but an open source solution would either be equivalent and dramatically cheaper, or the same price and dramatically more powerful. Am I right, or am I missing something about OS X Server?
... Because we're all on macs? I work in the Graphics department of a printing company.
Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: slugg
Originally posted by: Injury
We use it here at work for network file storage. It works good enough. We really don't see much of the server side of it but there are a lot less corrupted files than when we were using a Windows server... (insert apples to apples joke here).
I'm not bashing your office's choice of server, but I must ask... WHY are you guys using OS X Server for file storage? OS X implies a mac, a mac implies expensive, and most businesses want something cheap and reliable. I'm sure the server is reliable, but an open source solution would either be equivalent and dramatically cheaper, or the same price and dramatically more powerful. Am I right, or am I missing something about OS X Server?
... Because we're all on macs? I work in the Graphics department of a printing company.
/drools at al an all Mac office.