In article
<teadams$2$0$0$3-DAA31C.18291815052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Tim Adams <teadams$2$0$0$3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
<alangbaker-075826.09515815052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > In article <1roo24trri45ufthk88qviqtu2kmlgjoda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 15 May 2008 04:17:55 GMT, Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >In article <qucn24h5od83btn1k62v8b4m578p9rk6rs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > > > OSIRIS <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> They tell me they are looking to accomplish sveral things:
> > > >>
> > > >> * Central storage. I suggested NAS or a File Server (options
> > > >> being XServe, Linux, Windows)
> > > >
> > > >Mac OS X Server 10.5. It doesn't necessarily have to be running on
an
> > > >Xserve.
> > >
> > > OH! The local Apple retail store told me that Apples server
solution
> > > was Xserve and it was a hardware/software combination and that Apple
> > > server software would not run on regular Intel hardware. Have I
been
> > > misinformed (or confusingly informed)? How is Mac OS X Server 10.5
> > > different from Xserve? Could a tech who is good at doing Windows
and
> > > Linux servers be reasonably successful setting it up?
> >
> > You appear to have been misinformed:
> >
> > <http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/specs.html>
> >
> > "System Requirements
> > Mac server or desktop computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC
G4
> > (867MHz or faster) processor; 1GB of physical RAM; 20GB of available
> > disk space."
>
> Alan - he wrote "regular Intel hardware" which it will NOT run on,
unless it
> was
> made by Apple. :-)
I realize that. I was just pointing out that an Xserve was not necessary.
--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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