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

Subject: RE: [WinMac] OS-X Server vs Just OS-X
From: CSBURRI (CSBURRIS[at]ci.tacoma.wa.us)
Date: Fri Mar 22 2002 - 15:07:52 EST

I beg to differ. Windows client file support (SMB or CIFS to the technical)
is built into OS X (10.1). But printer support is not. If you mean Windows
File server support, you could get Dave, but yes, I personally would install
Samba.

Celeste Suliin Burris
Systems Administrator
Tacoma Economic Development Dept.
csburris@ci.tacoma.wa.us

> ----------
> From: Al McCoy
> Reply To: winmac@iffy.com
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:55 AM
> To: winmac@iffy.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] OS-X Server vs Just OS-X
>
> 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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