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Hardware configuration help needed

OK, so I'm a total Noob to servers and such, trying to set up a small home/ home office network.

I was going to tie together a Quad G5, two iMacs (both Intel, one on Leopard, one on Tiger), two (occasionally) traveling MB Pro's, and the odd guest with a Windows laptop. I have an older G4 Mini and an external 500 GB drive, that I thought would do OK as a server (just running Leopard Server), until I read somewhere on here that OS 10.5 Server likes to have a fair amount of memory, and I only have 1 GB in the Mini.

Right now all this is running on an Airport Extreme (with a couple of airport subs) with the usual slew of problems synchronizing calendars, mail, sharing files (particularly photos and video), etc.

I've already bought Leopard Server, but am now hesitating on the hardware. Any advice on that?

Many thanks,

Quad G5, iMac Duo, , Mac Mini G4, MBP 2.0 x2, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Feb 4, 2008 9:08 PM

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Posted on Feb 4, 2008 11:58 PM

No problems running on 1GB of memory. Since you already have a machine you can use, go ahead and try it and see how you get on. Depending on what you eventually use it for, you can decide later what sort of hardware you need (memory, CPU power, disk speed, etc)
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Feb 12, 2008 2:11 PM in response to Ed Schummer

Additionally I would like some information on the hardware regarding the network for a similar setup.

I would like to know whether it is mandatory to use a network switch instead of a network hub. I've read it somewhere but neither can I relocate this information nor find any confirmation (or the opposite) on this.

Anybody who knows the answer?

Hardware configuration help needed

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