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Quote: Originally Posted by ort The sales of the Mac Pros suck because they don't put enough effort into making it a desireable product. Yup. This says it all. I'd buy a half dozen rackmountable Mac Pros in a heartbeat. Asking us to use Mac Mi…
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Shame about the state of physics education on this forum. There'll be absolutely no difference between 13,500 feet and somewhere around 100-300 feet for a flat plate shaped object. Terminal velocity for the phone is much less than for a human, perha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider a thriving, booming middle class Maybe B.O. is forgetting that the top 1% of wealth comes from somewhere - like the lower and niddle class grunts. I wouldn't advocate a communist-type society either, bu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Market_Player I am running OS X Server inside Oracle VM VirtualBox on a Dell Power Edge as you are reading this. http://dlc.sun.com/virtualbox/vboxdownload.html http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes Enjoy …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum What software do you run? How many XServes do you run it on? I suspect that you have a rather specialized situation. You, likely, need some powerful hardware to perform those tasks. But I doubt …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum . ...Slaps forehead with palm of hand * Apple is going to build a blade server based on the A4 ARM chip.... Yes... An Apple A4 ARM Blade Server -- I like the sound of that (and the potential)! …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Also, i searched around (I no longer use G or the G-Word, and it appears there is some capability to run OS X Server virtualized on whatever server hardware. This could offer another alternative to us…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steve-J It is their own stupid fault for backing the wrong horse. Yup, should'a bought Windows...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum As I posted above, it is disrespectful -- especially since it was handled badly. The reasons should have been explained and the supporters and customers should have been contacted, alerted. and "sold" o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta People keep saying that, but no one has been able to say how many 'many' is. Except Apple who says that 'Many' is not enough to justify the product line. I wonder know knows the Xserve sales level better - …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum . I know that discontinuing the XServe is a "big deal" to existing users -- but they don't appear to be a notable player in the bigger scheme of things. . Nobody has said they are - it's about …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Specifically: How do you (within the firewall) Remote Power ON an XServe that is completely Powered OFF? . We've both said it - it's LOM, and it's what's not on the MM and MP, and one of several …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum . It's been about 10 years since I did any heavy web development, so my limited knowledge of server farms is rusty. 12) Is it really a big deal to discontinue the XServe? . z3ro above …
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I just had to cross-post this one I found: "Apple, Please don't give up the battle for macs in industry! Remember those of us stuck behind enemy lines!"
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Quote: Originally Posted by Outsider We don't use OS X Server for stuff like DNS DHCP VPN and other services that can be better served with lInux and Windows servers. What we do need it for is Software update server, OD, work group management, an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by NOFEER so how do you stack a "pro" don't most server users "stack these" for efficient air flow and access, space efficiency?? i know a university made a super computer with a room full of g5's i guess room utiliza…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum Ha! Why should I do all the work! I am very comfortable with my capabilities -- both strengths and weaknesses. I don't need to prove my creds or chops to anyone! You guys claim it cant' be do…
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Quote: Originally Posted by screamingfist Why do you think you 'need' an os x server? you are one of the few. servers don't get flashed around like phones and laptops so the reality field isn't so distorted around apples xserv and os x server pro…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta I never said I know your customers' needs. All I said was that Apple has found that they weren't selling enough rack mounted servers to justify staying in the business. So the number of people who were will…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AaronJ A gateway? Really? Why would Apple even *want* to enter "serious enterprise business" with this sort of approach? That's not their business. And there's absolutely no reason, that I can see, that they woul…