Chapter 1. Planning and Installation


One of the biggest decisions you're likely to make about Mac OS X Server is how to use it within your particular environment. Servers generally hold and distribute the crux of the information that flows throughout the organization. How many client machines will there be? What platforms must you support: Mac OS X? Windows? Mac OS 9? What services will you run? On what type of machine will you install Mac OS X Server? If you use an Xserve (Apple's rack-mountable server), will you be adding an Xserve RAID? Will you be adding two or three servers to your mix? How should you divide the workload? Will this be an upgrade instead of an install?

These questions and others are part of proper planning before you install Mac OS X Server. Knowing exactly what your requirements are will assist you in making the correct decisions. Once the planning is complete, it's time to decide how to partition your disks, if necessary, and then format them using the style of your choice. After the formatting is finished, you can install the server software.

Installation of Mac OS X Server is easyalmost too easy. You'd think that a server system this powerful would require all day to install. Not so. As long as you meet Apple's hardware requirements, the installation should take place without a hitch, in about 20 minutes, depending on the hardware configuration. One of the decisions you'll make is where to install Mac OS X Server. Another is whether you wish to install the server software while sitting in front of the Macintosh or from a remote location. Apple's Xserve server hardware mounts in a rack and can be purchased without a video card (meaning you can't connect a monitor to it), thus making remote installation, configuration, and management a necessity. You can also attach a RAID system to the Xserve. Apple's foray into the RAID array is called Xserve RAID, a hardware RAID array that can be used with Apple's Xserve and other platforms as well. Regardless of the hardware, there are a few things you'll need prior to installation.



    Mac OS X 10. 3 Server Panther. Visual QuickPro Guide
    Mac OS X Server 10.3 Panther: Visual QuickPro Guide
    ISBN: 0321242521
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2004
    Pages: 105

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