Re: [WinMac] Re: Email Choices - Hardware & software
Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:08:14 -0500
I'll reply inline...
At 11:51 AM 3/23/99 -0500, Curtis wrote:
>At 10:05 AM 3/23/99 -0500, Daniel L. Schwartz wrote:
>>
>> Curtis nailed the software issue against using a Mac-based enterprise
>>solution; and I still stand on my hardware concerns about the G3's being
>>unsuitable for 24/7 duty.
>
>I'm sorry but it's not apparent to me what the problem is with a non-iMac
>G3 as a 24/7 server. The only thing I can think of that you can't easily
>add is redundant power supplies. And since it's possible through 3rd
>parties to get a G3 motherboard in a rack mount case even that omission can
>be remedied.
The problem is with both the iMac and the blue & white G3's: There's no
graceful shutdown available from the UPS, because there's no serial input.
There's a pair of small UPS' from APC that have a USB interface; but only
windoze 98 software.
Also, why should someone have to buy a grey market clone if they want a
rack mounted Mac?
>
>Also the number of tasks that truly require 24/7 is pretty small and for
>those I'd choose a UNIX flavor or an IBM OS and probably not Intel hardware.
I would put an SMTP eMail server with the MX and A records pointed to it
as a good example: x86 works fine.
Cheers!
Dan
>
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>Curtis Wilcox cwcx@ats.rochester.edu
>Desktop Systems Consultant 716/274-1160
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