Mac mini as sever

isomethingisomething
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
The Mac mini might not only make it as cool lookin' desktop but also as a server in a cluster. imagine stacks of these things in a server room. Maybe Apple should offer the 1.42 GHz model with an 160 GB Hard Drive upgrade option.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Naw. Mac Mini is underpowered.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    isomethingisomething Posts: 61member
    yea, your probably right. But, the design concept would be good.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by isomething

    The Mac mini might not only make it as cool lookin' desktop but also as a server in a cluster. imagine stacks of these things in a server room. Maybe Apple should offer the 1.42 GHz model with an 160 GB Hard Drive upgrade option.



    No, the reason servers are so big is:

    a) they have faster chips which means more heat

    b) they are made to be locked in a closet and not touched for 2 years, never shut off, and optimaly, never rebooted, that is not the mac minis task at all.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    g-newsg-news Posts: 1,107member
    160gb harddrive might be hard, as it seems to be a 2.5" model, thus limiting size to 100GB at the moment, or even 120GB in a few months.
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