Re: [WinMac] OS-X Server vs Just OS-X

Subject: Re: [WinMac] OS-X Server vs Just OS-X
From: Al McCoy (amccoy[at]greendale.k12.wi.us)
Date: Fri Mar 22 2002 - 10:55:48 EST

No Windows support is built in to OS X, though you could install Samba
if you are comfortable with Unix/Linux & C. Frankly, the server admin
tools you get with OS X server are worth the price of admission. And if
you want or need Mac Manager or NetBoot, it's the only way to go.

IMHO

al

On Thursday, March 21, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Rick Kent wrote:

> We have a small network of about 10 Macs and 5 PCs, running
> AppleshareIP 6.3 on a G3 B&W tower (OS 9.2). The server has a 36Gb
> UltraWide LVD SCSI drive that it shares to the network.
>
> We are about to upgrade the server to a G4 tower, and I thought I would
> take the opportunity to switch to OS-X as soon as Dantz releases OS-X
> Retrospect, which we run on the server to back up both the server's
> drives, as well as all the other computers on the network.
>
> Do I get any additional performance or functional benefit out of
> running OS-X Server, over just setting up an OS-X machine and sharing
> its drive? Would the straight OS-X drive share be available to the
> PCs? (Obviously, if not, then my question is moot.) Note that we do
> not use the print server or email components of the server.
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