Leopard Server hardware requirements?

[John C. Welch]

On 10/03/2007 10:29 AM, "Andy Ringsmuth" <andyring at inebraska.com> wrote:


> Maybe all he's wanting to do with this server idea is set up some
> sort of home network, or a very small business, with minimal server
> load.  I mean, c'mon, don't criticize someone's financial choices
> when you have no knowledge of the situation.  $1,200 is twice the
> amount I have EVER spent on the purchase of a vehicle.  I know it's a
> false analogy, but those vehicles have been significantly older than
> a 400mhz G4, no warranty whatsoever, etc.  But it does the job I need
> it to do.

What's a "very small business"? Even a small server can hit some serious
workloads. Give me two video editors and I can make a room of G4s work hard.
Similarly, give me building full of light email users and a single G4 will
be all they need. 

The same 400MHz G4 that can handle over a hundred MPEG-4 streams will fall
over and die at around 20 h.264 streams.

You cannot, can NOT say "well for light use..." because there's no way, no
physical nor psychological way that Apple can even BEGIN to define what
"light use" is for ten people much less a million or more.

I guarantee you'd rather they be overly conservative than overly optimistic.

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