[Fed-Talk] Opinions solicited: FW800 mini vs MacPro for home server?
[Fed-Talk] Opinions solicited: FW800 mini vs MacPro for home server?
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] Opinions solicited: FW800 mini vs MacPro for home server?
- From: David Emery <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:45:10 -0500
I'd like to tap the collected wisdom of this group: The G5 that I've
been running Leopard Server on has been a problematic machine from the
beginning. Now it's not booting (it 'boings', but nothing ever comes up
on the monitor), and I think it's (past) time to replace it. This
machine's primary use is as a file server. The home accounts are all
Server Mobile accounts, so I don't depend on the server for directly
serving home directories. But I do depend on it for reliable large data
set storage (e.g. photos...) and for 2-stage backup for the laptops/home
machines. (Laptop does mobile synch to server, then server does
TimeMachine backup.)
The choices are (a) Mini + FW800 external RAID case or (b) Mac Pro
Mini: Advantages: Cheap! Disadvantages: FW800 is slower than
eSATA or internal drives.
Pro: Advantages: can hold 4 drives internally. can reuse my eSATA
card from the G5. Disadvantages: Cost (and paying for horsepower I
don't need.)
The Pro+FW RAID case is about $750, vs more than $2k for a Mac Pro.
(And if I go with the Mini, I'll have a 2 drive eSATA enclosure and a
4-channel eSATA card to sell...)
Your thoughts very welcome!
dave
p.s. there are times when I think everyone but me has some sort of
corporate/govt/educational discount with Apple :-(
--
David Emery, DSCI, supporting PdM FCS (BCT) SW Integration
703 298 3473 (office/cell), 703 272 7496 (fax)
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