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XServe 2* 3.0GHz Intel 5400 QUAD CORE

Hi ,

I am looking at getting a XServe 2* 3.0GHz Intel 5400 QUAD CORE for a project

and have the disks for 10.7.5 from for my other server. Can I install this software agin on the new machine

and will i be able to upgrade it to what ? version of OS X ?

Thanks

Martin

Xserve, OS X Server

Posted on Dec 28, 2015 8:07 AM

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Antonio Rocco

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Posted on Dec 31, 2015 4:47 AM

This would the early 2008 model which originally came with OS X Server 10.5.1 unlimited version.

You can install 10.7 Server but that would be the furthest it could go in terms of what Apple officially supports. Some enterprising folks have installed later versions of OS X using unsupported methods such as installing a later OS on hardware that supports it and then cloning that installation to a drive you later install on the XServe. However YMMV and you'd be on your own anyway.

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Jan 13, 2016 8:07 AM in response to upctry2

I'd partition the network, here. I'd keep internal files separate from what can be reached externally, as you're almost certainly going to be using the utterly and wildly and massively insecure ftp with the folks submitting files, which means your server is one sniffed or spoofed Wi-Fi connection away from being filled with all sorts of dreck. If it gets breached — it's exposed to the net and mistakes can and do happen, after all — network partitioning means the attackers have a tougher time getting further into your network.

As for a different approach, you could have the folks store the files elsewhere, and then pull the files into your network. This avoids exposing your server, and means that passwords and configurations and software isn't quite as critical as with an exposed server.

As for the duplicate entries, disconnect or disable the secondary LAN ports on the Xserve, or set up a parallel LAN and separate subnets for the two connections, or get a switch that supports link aggregation. Link aggregation does mean you lose the LOM access, however.