I struggled w/ this, since I REALLY wanted Drobo. Many other solutions already have the ethernet built it. Originally Posted by oldskoolboarder /img/forum/go_quote.gifīear in mind that the Drobo is DAS (direct attached). I got my HP EX490 w/ 1 TB for the same price.
But $550+ for a NAS shell w/ no drives was hard to stomach. If it were me, I'd use the saved $$ for more equipment, like a NAS backup.īear in mind that the Drobo is DAS (direct attached). I'm w/ Grawk, doesn't sound like you 'need' the server but if you want it, have at it.
#Mac mini server home mac#
Then if you have another Mac around, it'll use that DVD drive. If you have other Macs in the house, you 'might' be able to use Remote Disc on the Mini Server, much the same way you do w/ Macbook Airs. Find an old optical drive from a desktop and use this adapter. I ALSO use it to provide a ghetto HDD for my Dell Mini 9 Hackintosh during installs. Get one of those USB to IDE/SATA adapters, got one at Fry's for $20. You could go DIY on an external optical drive. I'll add more when 2 TB HDDs get a little cheaper. You can do RAID 0 mirroring of 'folders' as opposed to entire disks. Very nice machine and it has 4 drive bays. It can server up iTunes files to other machines as well.
#Mac mini server home windows#
HP runs Windows Home Server and it seems to work well. I wanted a RAID setup but couldn't stomach the cost of Drobo and needed something to work w/ Macs. I'm sure you can find some used deals on used Core Duo Mac Mini's after today's intro of new products.Īlternately, you could use something like HP's Media Smart Server EX490, which I'm using now. I have a unibody running Snow Leopard but have yet to run into a scenario where I needed SL vs standard Leopard. I would love a Core Duo for the speed, but for straight iTunes serving, the G4 does the job. It serves up media to multiple Macs, PCs, Apple TVs and my Tivo (using pyTivo). In fact, I LOVE my G4 Mac Mini that does just this. Kind of like a small office server.Ī standard Mac Mini is MORE than enough to serve up iTunes (or similar) to multiple PCs/Macs. The Server is meant if you really need to have multiple users access it for things like Web server, email servers, calender, etc. I would go w/ the new Mac Mini if you want new. What choice would you folks make for an itunes and home file server? Does this mean that it does not work with FrontRow on the server Mini? I did notice that in the apple store listing it does not offer the option of purchasing a remote.
#Mac mini server home software#
Now that I've seen the new offerings, I'm a little disappointed by the lack of any HDMI ports but just as I was about to pull the trigger on a vanilla version at the Apple store, I wondered about the server version.Īt first glance, I'd dismissed it as it does away with the optical drive but a little math showed it to be a pretty good deal with Snow Leopard software - even with the added cost of the external optical drive.Ĭan anyone think of any good reason NOT to go for the server version of the Mac Mini? I had decided to hold off on any purchases until seeing if the rumours of an updated Mac Mini were true or no. I have been in the market for a Mac Mini for a few months now in order to replace my rapidly dying Powerbook G4 12" that is doing retirement duties as an iTunes server to the home office nearfield/headphone rig.
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