Cost of OS X Server

This may be a question to which there is no answer but...
I have several Macs/PCs networked at home and I think that OS X Server may be a solution for me. I'm willing to spend a few hundred dollars to 'play' and see if I'm right. My 'playing' will likely extend over a few months at least since I am not in a rush and have never run a server before. I'll be learning as I go.
OS X Server (10 Client) is currently selling at $325 CDN (educational pricing). Seems like a good deal to me. But Leopard is supposedly 'just around the corner' (this spring).
Does anyone have experience with Apple and Server OS pricing? I can wait to get the 'newer' (Faster! Easier! Better!) Leopard OS - and in fact, maybe I should since I'm in no rush. But I don't want to wait and then find the price jumps to $600 or something like that - that would be a bit much for me to spend on my 'playing'.
Any thoughts on previous experience? I am new to servers and have not followed pricing in the past. Thanks!
David

You should look at Network based home directories. Or, if you need to take any computers out of your house (laptops?) & still have access to data, you shuold look at Portable Home Directories.
In either scenario, remember that all the data on your client machines will be stored on your server . You should ensure adeqate disk space and define a backup policy for the server.
Here are some suggestions to help in the short term without requiring any investment in OSX Server:
FILE SHARING, BOOKMARKS, DOCUMENTS
1. Designate 1 Mac as your server.
2. Install the excellent freeware, Sharepoints from www.hornware.com on the server.
3. Define some sharepoints and users
4. Set the sharepoints defined in step 3 as start-up items on your other Macs.
5. Save all documents, bookmarks etc on the server sharepoint.
MAIL
If you are looking to host our own mailserver, forget OSX server (altogether, even in Leopard) and look into Communigate Pro http://www.communigate.com/content/default.html
It has a free 5-users-or-less version. It has excellent webmail and security built-in.
It will also allow you to do VoIP if you are looking to that. And FTP, web hosting, It's way more powerful & configurable & easier ootb that OSX server.
You could continue using Entourage or Mail but using the excellent webmail interface will remove your commitment to any one machine.
MUSIC
iTunes sharing of a designated music server might be an option.
REMOTE LOGIN
You need to look into VPN. OSX Server has a good VPN server. However, you may find your home router has VPN also.
hth,
b.

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external LDAP is more secure than internal one.
If you have any further query let me know.
Regards,
Kal

Hyper-v Role in Windows Server 2012 foundation and Essentials

Hello,
I have seen that the two low cost version of Windows Server 2012 essential and Foundation) will not support hyper-v. Can you please tell me what it means exactly :
Can you please tell me what is possible :
-The server can not be installed as a hyper-v guest (probably yes)
-The hyper-v role can not be installed on the server (so I have to rely on vmware)?
- Hyper-v role can be installed but there is no free license included with the server.
Thank you
Marc

I suppose then, you would have to install Windows 8 and Hyper-V as your guest or core.
Then run your Server 2012 Foundation under Win8. which has 512GB Memory Limit.
It seems asinine that you cannot install this role on Foundation, but seemingly you could work around it with Win8. (Or Sun Virtual Box (free) (or VmWare(Free).
So load up a dozen Win8Pro virutal sessions on that Win8 VirtualBox with up to 512GB Memory and Create your own Ghetto Remote Desktop Server with Foundation and Windows 8. ;)
What good is it if your can't run Hyper-V and Remote desktop services? Those are the two apps small business need most. But Microsoft strips it out, calls it a DEAL (Essentials and Foundation) , yet if you want the good stuff, you're gonna
have to buy Server 2012 Standard anyhow, + the CALs.
So you are hooked into this "deal" by Microsoft Special Offer. Its special alright, because you get to buy it twice. The stripped down version that come with your server, then the full version when you discover Foundatoin and Essentials gives
you AD, and thats it. Nothing Else. No "deal"
Remember:
All you get with Foundation or Essentials is AD and Group Policy.
You cannot load RDP on Foundation or Essentials
You cannot load Exchange on a DC, or Foundation or Essentials
You cannot load Exchange and RDP on the same box.
You cannot have Remote Web Apps if you load RDP on your DC.
You cannot win with Microsoft. No worthwhile "deal" has ever come out of the city of Redmond.
The internet is a one-way money pipeline to Microsoft.
Its three times the work, three times the cost and requires three servers licenses to do with 2012, what you could do with one 2008R2 license.
Might as well purchase 2 Server 2013 Standard Editions if you want:
1.) Active Directory
2.) Remote Desktop and Remote Apps
3.) Your own Exchange Server
You are better off installing a NAS if all you need is a file server.
Why bother with Foundation or Essentials? Its a "Gimmick-ware"

E Recruitment Usage (License costs)

We are planning to   set up E recruitment services ?     But the management would like to have an idea of the license costs associated with this .   So I would like to know the following in the case of production environment:
Is there a cost associated for activating and using this functionality ? I understand the E recruitment can be activated through SWF5 swiches.
Are there any other license fees to be borne , like say based on the number of users or employees...?
In the Development environment , I would like to know the following:
Is the company liable to pay license fees even in the case of testing and checking the functionality in TEst environment?
Regards,
Srivatsan

Hi Srs,
1/ There can be two approaches for installing SAP E-Recruitment:
     A: SAP E-Recruiting and SAP ERP run on same instance
     B: SAP E-Recruiting and SAP ERP run on different systems- preferred approach. However, includes additional cost of maintaining a server
In the Approach B- the master data is integrated using standard ALE.The info you came across must be referring to this approach.
2/ I haven't come across a scenario where licensing is done based on number of candidates/applicants. Please refer to SAP Buyer License Guide for further details..
Regards,
Rahul
Message was edited by: Rahul Kapoor

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Does RMSDK come with Content Server 4?
The company I work for is looking to open its own eBooks market place.
The books have to be DRM'ed, so they are considering the use of Content Server 4.
does RMSDK require a different license (and cost) that content server 4?
I cannot find any info online and the resellers we have contacted have custom RMSDK implementation which cost more than Content Server 4!
Thanks

Does RMSDK come with Content Server 4?
The company I work for is looking to open its own eBooks market place.
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does RMSDK require a different license (and cost) that content server 4?
I cannot find any info online and the resellers we have contacted have custom RMSDK implementation which cost more than Content Server 4!
Thanks

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