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Macmini Lion server/user setup advice
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 1363460" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>Your main problem is trying to have a work computer and a server at the same time.</p><p></p><p>If you migrate over the user it can act as a standard mac, but I have never tried having 2 users logged in at the same time.</p><p></p><p>Setting it up as a file server is fairly easy, but make sure you deselect its other functions if you have no intention of using it as a mail server or ical server</p><p></p><p>The external disk is not a problem, in fact the external firewire drive would be ideal as the main share. But you will also have to have a back-up drive as well, or 2 external drives set-up at one combined RAID 1 drive.</p><p></p><p>AS for VPN, that really depends on your DSL speed. A relatively slow upload speed will seriously hamper external computers accessing the server since the upload speed is crucial to VPN. Its fairly easy to set-up, bit you also have to open ports on your router to get it to work</p><p></p><p>I have set-up a Snow Leopard server, so for any help come back to the forums</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 1363460, member: 40142"] Your main problem is trying to have a work computer and a server at the same time. If you migrate over the user it can act as a standard mac, but I have never tried having 2 users logged in at the same time. Setting it up as a file server is fairly easy, but make sure you deselect its other functions if you have no intention of using it as a mail server or ical server The external disk is not a problem, in fact the external firewire drive would be ideal as the main share. But you will also have to have a back-up drive as well, or 2 external drives set-up at one combined RAID 1 drive. AS for VPN, that really depends on your DSL speed. A relatively slow upload speed will seriously hamper external computers accessing the server since the upload speed is crucial to VPN. Its fairly easy to set-up, bit you also have to open ports on your router to get it to work I have set-up a Snow Leopard server, so for any help come back to the forums [/QUOTE]
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