Remarkable Web! Today: macminiserver.com
You've been looking for information about Apples Mac mini working as a server? Well, have a look at macminiserver.com. The website is like an aggregation of questions having been posted on macminicolo.net - as the website's operator says.
What I found helpful was the answer to questions like:
Will a Mac mini run Snow Leopard Server? They say it does. But they also say that you don't need Leopard Server. In some forums I also found guys agreeing to their opinion as it is a tough task to get it running (depending on your knowledge). This is why they (the forums's people and the guys from macminiserver.com) recommended to use Snow Leopard (Client) as it fulfills all the personal needs like media server for sharing files in your network.
My idea of a Mac mini was to have it as a remote Time Machine server. Luckily, I found an answer to that question and a simple step by step how-to. It says:
A Mac mini works great as a Remote Time Machine. You just need to:
- Enable File Sharing
- Give each user their own login for security.
- Plug in an external hard drive for plenty of space
After that, the user will just need to connect to the drive using afp://000.000.000.000 (ip address) and they can backup using Time Machine.
Sound easy, ay? As soon as I got the ~600 EUR I will report upon this topic again.
As they also mentioned Time Capsule as an alternative for remote backups, I'm wondering if I need the Mac mini for more tasks than just backing up? Still wondering - myself! I'll let you know about my decision.
All in all, macminiserver.com is a nice representative of topic-dedicated website - it's not about design but gaining information. This is presented in a nice Q&A style instead of being just one sub-category of weblog or something.
Well done, guys! Looking forward for more questions (and answers).
