[Info-vax] The Future of Server Hardware?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-10-15 22:07:51 +0000, JF Mezei said:

> On 12-10-15 17:48, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 
>> You should be well aware of this with your Xserve box, both with how
>> much you paid for it and how much it costs sitting there, and how much
>> it costs in power.   The Xserve box can draw far more power than most
>> any recent Mac Mini Server, for instance.
> 
> I would not trust a Mac Mini for 7/24 operation.

I've been running them for that way for years now.  As have other folks.

There are folks that are running RAIS configurations, which I haven't tried.

> And my goal with the
> Xserve is to put as many applications into one unit as possible, which
> goes against the industry flow of having one app per server.

These days, it can commonly be one application per VM guest.

Fixed costs for hardware are higher, when you're running 
potentially-idle dedicated servers, after all.

> And a Mac Mini would require external disk array which has its own fans
> and own power consumption as well. Not sure that it comes out ahead.

If you need more than the included RAID-1 on a pair of 500 GB or 750 GB 
(and easy access) internal drives, yes, it would; to Thunderbolt, USB, 
FireWire, Fibre Channel, etc.


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