Re: xserve vs

[Ron Grayson <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George,

if the apache is faster on xserve but I put tenon on it... what  
happens then?  Is it the apache that is faster of is it the through  
put or network that is faster?

On Jul 21, 2005, at 5:17 AM, george wrote:

> > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:46:04 -0500
> > From: Mark Krueger <mkrueger@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To:  itools@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: xserve vs
> > Message-ID: <42DF1A7C.9070002@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > One thing to think about is upgrade costs.
> >
> > If you will never use the server features of OS X Server, then  
> > running
> > workstation has advantages. When the next version of OS X comes  
> > out, you
> > will only spend $129 to move up, vs. the full server price of $999
> > (since a web server will likely have more than 10 users).
>
> The 10 limit doesn't affect web, mail, FTP, etc...only file  
> sharing. You can
> also get the $450 server...again, the limit is only for file  
> serving. You
> can also get the "maintenance agreement" for server for less than  
> $500 and
> it covers you for 3 years of upgrades...
>
>
>
> > I guess you could keep OS X Server -- since it comes with your  
> > Xserve --
> > until which point you decide to upgrade, but I think just sticking  
> > with
> > workstation all the way is cleaner. That way you won't start building
> > dependencies on anything included with server.
> >
> > Also, my experience with OS X Server is that it isn't quite as  
> > "solid"
> > as workstation. By this, I'm referring to all the support software  
> > that
> > is included with Server. It's all OK, but just doesn't seem as nicely
> > built as much of what is available from 3rd parties in OS X. I  
> > honestly
> > feel I can find better 3rd party solutions for everything that OS X
> > Server does than what Apple packages in OS X Server. I think this is
> > because OS X Server is developed and used by a relatively small  
> > group of
> > users vs. workstation.
>
> Interesting...I'm sure the apple server list would not agree on the
> "relatively small group" line.
> As far as being stable...it's the same exact OS. Server just has  
> some extra
> stuff in it. But I can tell you one thing for sure...the web server is
> faster in server than client. And yes, that was tested on the same  
> hardware
> by many people.
> Apple "tweaked" the apache code for server.
> http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/macos-x-server
>
>
> > One point I should make is that I am not using streaming server  
> > yet. So
> > this might be an advantage of OS X server. But maybe Darwin Streaming
> > Server might be an alternative to Quicktime Streaming Server?
> >
> > Also, I built my own 1U Dual-Mac OS X server for less than the  
> > cost of
> > an Xserve. So, buying two OS X Server licenses would have been rather
> > costly (additional $2000 in cost).
> >
> > Here is more info about my server:
> >
> > http://www.markandjo.com/markblog/?p=3
> >
> > -Mark
>
>  Now _that’s_ cool!
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> George
>
>
> Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
>     Jerry Garcia
>
>
>
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