I would hope it would be OK to compare options on this list! :-)
Is MacOS X Server a good fit for these needs, or is it not? How
does this product offer advantages over MacOS X Server?
Of course it is valid to compare options here.
if somebody wants to run a dns server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run a web server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run a ftp server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run a mail server only, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to run any combination of the above, do it on a client.
if somebody wants to share files with another computer, buy osx server.
that's the message Apple server tech support gave me.
Well it's not quite always as simple as that. If you want strong user
accountability, kerberos, collaborative services built in, ...
the only things server is for are:
a fancy user interface to the core functionality already existing
in the client machines
There are significant components missing in OS X [client].
the ability to share files with other mac computers (something
taken away from client machines with the shift from os9 to osx)
It wasn't "taken away". Even in Classical Mac OS robust filesharing
support was never part of the [client] OS, it was part of ASIP.
a watchdog timer that restarts services that were supposed to be
running but for some reason shut down
The list is very much longer.
It's truly unfortunate how many people on this list are under the
naive impression there are so few differences.
--
-dhan
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