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Vanquish · Mar 24, 2002, 09:18 AM

What are the differences between OSX and OSX Server? Can you run all OSX software on OSX Server? Is Server more stable? Just want to know this, I mean it would be cool, my G4 with a Server OS on it, than I have something new to show my PC-friends.

warpmoon · Mar 24, 2002, 12:02 PM

Do you have more than one mac? In a network? If not, then there's no point in using Mac OS X Server.

Both versions are based on the same Darwin core, however the Server version is more suited for "server"-things

The Server version might require you to use the UFS file system unstead of HFS+, which might in turn mean some programs dont work :/

There's no reason to get it just to "show off", unless you're just filthy rich and like to spend $499 on something you wont use fully.

Anyway, Im sure someone else here can give a better response, or failing that, why not look them up on Apple's website?

dtriska · Mar 24, 2002, 05:09 PM

Both are based on the same core. The difference is that OS X Server has more server-orientated functions. You can run the same apps on each, and Server will install on HFS+.

Really, though, there's no real point to install it to "show off." That'd be a waste of money. But, if you want to get it just to impress your "PC-friends," I'm sure you'd be pirating it anyways.

Rickster · Mar 26, 2002, 05:45 PM

Mac OS X Server 10.x is Mac OS X 10.x with an added software bundle, basically. Everything you see in the infamous architecture diagram that Steve used to show at every keynote is exactly the same:

The OS X Server install CDs just install additional software: Unix server niceties like watchdog, BIND, PHP, and MySQL; extensions to built-in servers like mod_apple_sherlock and the ACGI Dispatcher for Apache; and Apple server software, like the mail server and the Server Admin application.

It also installs some stuff in /System/Library/CoreServices so that it can be branded as a special product in the login window and such. But as far as being an operating system is concerned, Mac OS X Server 10.x is exactly the same as Mac OS X 10.x.

oeyvind · Mar 27, 2002, 04:42 AM

True... essential if you install 1 or 2 pkg from the Server CD on your Mac OS X client machine... you can turn it into a server (unsupported by Apple)... done it and works....^^

l008com · Apr 2, 2002, 05:39 PM

Originally posted by dtriska:
<STRONG>But, if you want to get it just to impress your "PC-friends," I'm sure you'd be pirating it anyways.</STRONG>

Well regardless of the cost, if he was going to 'pirate' it, and not use any of its server feature, then i fail to see where he's doing anything really wrong. You're not hurting Apple in any way, and in some ways you might be helping Apple by making more PC users think Apple is cool.

I run OS X Server full time, and I run 3 web sites off my computer. The Server Admin app is cool, but has such limited control over apache, you're goona find yourself going into httpd.conf all the time anyway. I'm sticking with Server now that I have it, but I could easily do everything I do now running client. How ever if I was running more services and hosting more web pages and using more 'server' stuff fin general, then X Server might be significantly more useful.

dtriska · Apr 2, 2002, 08:22 PM

Originally posted by l008com:
<STRONG>Well regardless of the cost, if he was going to 'pirate' it, and not use any of its server feature, then i fail to see where he's doing anything really wrong. You're not hurting Apple in any way, and in some ways you might be helping Apple by making more PC users think Apple is cool.</STRONG>

I'm constantly surprised by people who don't think stealing is wrong.