I have zero experience with OS X server, but there were many changes
(mostly for the better) in NFS with 10.5. I have put some information
here, and as this is a wiki, I would be grateful for more
contributions...
http://sage.ucsc.edu/xtal/wiki/index.php/NFS
On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Brian Mark wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With all the talk about Mac OS X, I've not heard much mention about
> OS X Server and networking Macs together. Is anyone using the 10.5
> server and LDAP to centrally house user directories on a RAID
> connected to a Mac server for example?
>
> We had this setup running with 10.4, but we now seem to have issues
> getting the server 10.5 to export the RAID to the clients via NFS.
> I know NSF is old, but our network is behind a firewall and it has
> worked well for us. It seem if you don't set things up the way
> Apple recommends (using AFP for example), things can get difficult...
>
> It's quite possible that we are missing something during the setup,
> but frankly I'm surprised at how difficult it has been to work with
> OS X server.
>
> I would be happy to hear about other people's experience with OS X
> server 10.5. Perhaps a website describing OS X server for
> crystallographic computing/networking would be nice if it doesn't
> exist already.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
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>
> On 18-Nov-08, at 9:42 AM, Anastassis Perrakis wrote:
>
>> On Nov 18, 2008, at 16:26, William G. Scott wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Mischa Machius wrote:
>>>
>>>> For linux, I would recommend a commercial solution,
>>>
>>>
>>> For linux, I actually ditched the commercial solution for Ubuntu,
>>> because it was vastly easier as a non-expert to maintain.
>>>
>>> Having said that, like you, I have found running Mac OS X to be
>>> the most cost-effective in terms of time and utility.
>>>
>>
>> Same here. Lets also say that I have seen many people in the lab
>> switch from Linux and Windows to OSX, but nobody from OSX back to
>> Windows or Linux. That must be saying something.
>>
>> We still use btw Linux workstations for stereo and I am happy with
>> them as well.
>>
>> As Harry says, choose what you are most comfortable with(*).
>>
>> A.
>>
>> (*) If thats Windows Vista though, take a break and meditate,
>> think of the bigger picture of life,
>> donate to the Bill Gates foundation which is what Bill Gates should
>> be remembered for,
>> and find the nearest MacStore. ;-)
>>
>>> Bill
>>
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