Leopard Server hardware requirements?

[Chad Leigh]

On Oct 3, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Lyn wrote:

> Generally, I'm a pretty stalwart evangelist for most things Apple,  
> but I recently had to wait one month (30 days!) for a replacement  
> G4 Xserve power supply. This was after several calls begging Apple  
> to locate and ship one of these as quickly as possible.
>
> This episode scared me so much that I ordered spare power supplies  
> for three of my other Xserves. Same delivery wait time.
>
> Yes, I should have had spare parts on hand, but I really wonder  
> about the apparent lack of availability directly from Apple for  
> such a common component? This is one of those experiences that  
> sticks in my mind when I'm looking to purchase additional servers  
> or making recommendations for others.

I know I cannot run OS X (but I can run FreeBSD and Solaris 10), but  
I build all my own servers so that this does not happen.  I can have  
a spare power supply on hand, extra MB or CPU or RAM or disks or  
whatever, and generally do it much less expensively than a "name  
brand" server.  My box is not as sexy looking but otherwise my  
servers can do all what the "name brand" ones do and they have much  
faster support (me) and I can go to several different local stores  
and buy parts in an emergency since it is all off the shelf stuff, or  
any internet dealer, and I also keep spares on the shelf here.

Chad

>
> Lyn
>
> On Oct 3, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
>> For a business, what data are you storing?  What is your time worth?
>>
>> Is $1200 worth the emails/business documents/time lost if the  
>> hardware dies on you?  What of your customers?
>>
>> If your business is one that depends on access to information to  
>> keep your business flowing, $1200 is a pittance.  Invest in  
>> external drives for backup and a good hardware RAID card.   
>> ESPECIALLY if you don't have in-house tech people to support you  
>> when something "goes funky".
>
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