OSX server at home?

Mattitude

Mattitude

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Would anyone say its a good idea? a Mate from work says he wants to sell hes mac pro and has a copy of osx server.

I have a macbook pro and i am looking to get a apple tv after xmas, parents also have a imac downstairs so would a server suffice?

I have my hopes on having the server doing all the backups for timemachine as right now its externals that are being used, and the house is networked in cat6.

Other uses for a server i dont know?
 
I'd check a few things:
1. Does server work with the MBP? I know it works with the MP as it's 'certified'.
2. I didn't know that you needed server todo timemachine backups - any path should do? I've heard people using linux samba todo this.
3. Surely unless your mate has bought the MP with server (rather than client) that it needs to go along with the MP?
 
A Mac Mini might be another option. I don't think it'll run OS X server, but it'll run Leopard, and it's a good machine to use as a media hub.

You'll be able to SSH in, and with a decent backup device attached (large NAS) you could run incremental backups via CCC or SuperDuper (or even Time Machine), and it has a lower power consumption that a Mac Pro.
 
You could use el-cheapo hardware and a Free operating system to do what you're talking about doing. Send your backups to any server you want using CIFS or even ssh/scp/rsync. There's no reason to waste nice hardware and an expensive software license on such an un-glamorous task.
 
Agreed, very expensive and power hungry way to do backups, just buying two external hdd's would be enought you would probably have about £200 tops, where as a MP will cost you, however if your like me and like playing about with things like OS X Server then perhaps it is a good idea, any idea on the price he will be asking for them both as we can give you a guide then.
 
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