[m.brown]

I am developing a series of education knowledge bases (web-based) and I want to host the sites on my own server machine - connected to a university network.

I need the flexibility and control of my own server - say to allow QuickTime streams, and needless to say I don't have to pay for bandwidth.

Would a PM G4 tower be ok to use as a server with the 10-client version of OS X server?

Ideas/solutions/comments would be most appreciated!

Cheers

[Camelot]

Apple claim QTSS on a G4 can handle 2000 simultaneous streams, and while I believe this to be grossly optimistic, any G4 server will have sufficient horsepower to run a reasonable number of QuickTime streams and should be a good choice based on your description.

The 10-client version is all you need - the client license only relates to AppleTalk-based clients, not web-based ones, so you can still serve more than 10 users via http or qtss, even with a 10-client license.

[m.brown]

Originally posted by Camelot:
Apple claim QTSS on a G4 can handle 2000 simultaneous streams, and while I believe this to be grossly optimistic, any G4 server will have sufficient horsepower to run a reasonable number of QuickTime streams and should be a good choice based on your description.

The 10-client version is all you need - the client license only relates to AppleTalk-based clients, not web-based ones, so you can still serve more than 10 users via http or qtss, even with a 10-client license.

Thanks! Can I host multiple web sites as well without any additional software?

Cheers!