I've decommissioned a number of servers, big and small, and now rely on just one machine - a 17\" iMac - which handles my file storage (through a couple of big external drives), my email, web serving and other needs, all through OS X server. It may not be a huge super power house, but it is silent and perfect capable for the level I need internally.<\/p>\n
Regular readers will know that I’ve spent the last year or so trying to reduce and migrate my server requirements and computing needs down to a select few machines, partially to reduce the amount of kit I have lying around to support my work, and partially to reduce the ever increasing electricity costs. <\/p>\n Over the last year, I’ve been able to simplify my equipment largely because of the move by companies to x86 hardware. Through Parallels<\/a><\/b> on Mac OS X I can run pretty much every operating system I need to use. <\/p>\n I’ve decommissioned a number of servers, big and small, and now rely on just one machine – a 17″ iMac – which handles my file storage (through a couple of big external drives), my email, web serving and other needs, all through OS X server. It may not be a huge super power house, but it is silent and perfect capable for the level I need internally.<\/p>\n<\/img><\/a><\/p>
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