I’m considering switching my small 3-person design shop from OS X to OS X Server. Being a clear novice in networking, I’m hoping you can help me out with a little advice ...
- Can the server be a simple iMac (2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)? Or does it need to be something beefier?
- Is the server dedicated to being the server, or can it function as a workstation as well?
- Do all machines on the network need to run Leopard Server, or just the one?
Basic Needs
- Access to project files from 3-4 different computers in office (usually html and Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign files)
- Access to project files while offsite
No permissions problems
Currently ...
- Small design shop with 3 computers connected via Airport Extreme
- Project files need to be shared by different people
- Tried a network hard drive (frequent problems, very slow)
- Tried a hard drive connected via USB to Airport (few problems, very slow)
- Currently using a hard drive connected to one Mac on the network (intermittent permissions problems, and the user of the Mac with the drive needs to be logged in for the files to be available to others)
- Currently using .mac/Back To My Mac for access to files while offsite
Thanks so much for your help!
- Can the server be a simple iMac (2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)? Or does it need to be something beefier?
- Is the server dedicated to being the server, or can it function as a workstation as well?
- Do all machines on the network need to run Leopard Server, or just the one?
Basic Needs
- Access to project files from 3-4 different computers in office (usually html and Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign files)
- Access to project files while offsite
No permissions problems
Currently ...
- Small design shop with 3 computers connected via Airport Extreme
- Project files need to be shared by different people
- Tried a network hard drive (frequent problems, very slow)
- Tried a hard drive connected via USB to Airport (few problems, very slow)
- Currently using a hard drive connected to one Mac on the network (intermittent permissions problems, and the user of the Mac with the drive needs to be logged in for the files to be available to others)
- Currently using .mac/Back To My Mac for access to files while offsite
Thanks so much for your help!