Q: What is the recommended number of clients per Mac server? Also what are some recommended specs when purchasing an Apple machine th ... What is the recommended number of clients per Mac server? Also what are some recommended specs when purchasing an Apple machine that will have Mac OS X server installed? more
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Aug 7, 2014 7:46 AM in response to cpreasbeckby jeffd55,Hello cpreasbeck,
Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities.
I was able to find the following transition guide for Xserve that provides some workload guidance to determine performance when planning a server deployment.
http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/L422277A_Xserve_Guide.pdf
On page 9, Performance there is a chart that provides maximum numbers of connected users for various activities such as file sharing, mail, web, calendar, directory services and Time Machine and the CPU used as a server (Xserve, Mac Pro, Mac Mini). This information is a bit dated as the referenced software is Snow Leopard Server (OS X 10.6), and the hardware is older also, but it should give you a general idea of what you might need to look for.
Regards,
Jeff D.
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Aug 7, 2014 10:51 AM in response to cpreasbeckby MrHoffman,If you're referring to iOS and Mac OS X clients and particularly to the use of Profile Manager 2 (and not to file share services and such, as referenced in the information linked by jeffd55), then 300 clients is quite manageable with OS X Server on a Mac Mini Server, assuming you have a decent network connection. Here is the Apple note on this topic: Profile Manager 2: Scalability
