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October 21st, 2009, 08:18 AM
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 Creative thread: What can I do with a Mac mini Server ?
The purpose of the thread is to find a good usage for a Mac mini that has no optical drive but comes with Mac OS X Server edition.
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October 21st, 2009, 09:06 AM
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Run a webserver 
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October 21st, 2009, 10:09 AM
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Setup your own email Domain.
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October 21st, 2009, 10:36 AM
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- Serve files to a home/office network - Rid yourself of your router and have finer-grained control over DHCP and DNS - Rid yourself of your co-lo and/or hosting company - Share printers on a network and manage them in a consolidated way - Distribute large software updates to many computers easily - Trade your 1/2/3U rack server for a more space-efficient design Pretty much anything you can do with a server, you can do with the Mac mini server, just in a smaller form-factor.
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October 21st, 2009, 10:48 AM
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It definitely seems as it could be a great server for a home network, espcially with how simple OS X Server has been with the management tools. If you need something beefier than that, you can always opt for the Xserves. But for home or small office, I think this is a nice and affordable server option. It could also be a REALLY nice media server for one's home. Imagine the AppleTV with similar specs?
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October 21st, 2009, 12:45 PM
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Yes Nixgeek, that's exactly where I am. How can I exploit it for "normal" home usage. I cannot use it to share my iTunes library, I already have TimeMachine on all my computers to save the data to on external disk, I have one AppleTV that is too small and that could be this server but the Man mini has no HDMI output, I have one Airport but Mac mini cannot replace it as it has only 1 Ethernet plug. I mean, it's a very good idea to have two disks and no optical drive, but why doesn't it come with the connectivity of an Airport Extreme plus USB and FW ?
__________________ My current machine is an iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 24" and a MacBook Pro 13" with MacOS X 10.6. My oldest Apple was born in 1977. GS/P/>SS d-(++) s+: a+ C+(C) U* P L+ E--- W++ N- o+ K? w O-- M++ V PS+ PE+ Y- PGP t+ 5 X+ R tv-- b+++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h---- r+++ y? Time is not changing, I'm just traveling through time. |
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October 21st, 2009, 02:51 PM
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The Mac Mini won't work for DHCP as you need dual network cards, unless you went with a USB NIC. There really isn't a "home" usage for a Mac server. Mine runs DHCP, file sharing, FTP, VPN, and hosts my business's, Java based with a MySQL database, web help desk. It's more a "fun" thing for a home network. |
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#8
October 21st, 2009, 03:01 PM
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I think what you meant was that a server with a single network port cannot be a gateway. A "gateway" implies that traffic flows in one port and out the other, and vice-versa... typically a gateway has one network port connected to the internet ("external" interface), and the other port connected to the local network ("internal" interface). Internet traffic then flows through the gateway to and from machines on the local network. Still, the Mac mini does have two network "ports" -- an ethernet one, and an AirPort one. It's completely possible to have a DSL or Cable Modem (or any other kind of internet access) hooked into the ethernet port, then manage DNS and DHCP over AirPort to wireless clients.
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