Mac Minis to Replace Xserves?

I'm thinking about buying all Mac Minis to replace 15 Apple Xserves and maybe even consolidate a few servers.
Mainly the Mac Minis will be running Open Directory, file sharing, hosting websites, or mysql data. I assume they will be able to handle all of this just fine.
My questions are:
What is everyone doing for failover with Mac Minis? Are you keeping another spare mini on the side with the exact same build so when the production mini fails you can just load up the spare?
Do the newer Mac Minis have quick access to the hard drive? So if the logic board fails you can still recover any lost data.
Thank you!

Mainly the Mac Minis will be running Open Directory, file sharing, hosting websites, or mysql data. I assume they will be able to handle all of this just fine.
The answer is - it depends.
The Mac Mini doesn't compare to the XServe from a high availability or performance standpoint. There's no redundant power supply or multiple NICs, it has limited memory and expansion (although ThunderBolt is starting to come up with some interesting options).
If your XServes were lightly loaded you might be OK, but you need to seriously consider this if you're running high availability/business critical or heavy workloads.
In addition, new Mac Minis will come with Mountain Lion Server. I don't know what version of Mac OS X Server you've been running on your XServes, but Mountain Lion Server strips out some of those tools. It no longer comes with MySQL, for example. Of course, you're welcome to install and manage your own MySQL installation, and if you're heavily dependent on MySQL then you probably already do this, but if you're looking for a one-click MySQL you're out lof luck. Similarly with the web sites - the GUI has been stripped to the barest features and you'll likely need to get under the hood to get any serious web development done. Again, you might be already doing this, but you might not.
What is everyone doing for failover with Mac Minis?
Failover is a very personal thing - different people want and need different things based on business needs. For some, a few hours of downtime while someone gets to the office and kicks in a standby system is OK, for others some kind of separate hardware load balancer is a must.
Are you keeping another spare mini on the side with the exact same build so when the production mini fails you can just load up the spare?
Again, this depends on your use case. For most people the important stuff isn't the machine, it's the data. For that you need data replication options, as well as mechanisms to failover (and failback). Having an idle machine doesn't help if the only copy of your data is in the machine that just blew up (or was dropped, stolen, crushed, etc.) For the most part the drives are accessible but that really shouldn't be your failover model.

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I have 4 macs of various vintage in the house and 1 PC. I use the rather robust PC as the server for my itunes library. I'm fully uploaded to iCloud. I'd like to replace this final PC with a Mac Mini but none have a harddrive large enough to accomodate my iTunes library. (about 785G of music and video) Can I use a Time Machine as the storage device for my iTunes library? Can I connect the Time Machine and Mac Mini via Thunderbolt for fast data access? Also, if I can use the Time Machine for storage of the iTunes library, should I consider the iCloud to be my "Back Up" or should I get an additional Time Machine for back up? Also, I use and AirPort Extreme as my wireless router with 2 AirPort Expresses to expand my wifi network. Can I simply add Time Machine to my existing network or will I need to replace the AirPort Extreme with the Time Capsule?

Can I use a Time Machine as the storage device for my iTunes library? Can I connect the Time Machine and Mac Mini via Thunderbolt for fast data access? Also, if I can use the Time Machine for storage of the iTunes library, should I consider the iCloud to be my "Back Up" or should I get an additional Time Machine for back up? Also, I use and AirPort Extreme as my wireless router with 2 AirPort Expresses to expand my wifi network. Can I simply add Time Machine to my existing network or will I need to replace the AirPort Extreme with the Time Capsule?
Don't use Time Capsule for media storage.. it is not suitable and although pressed into service it is a pain. (Time Machine is software backup on the computer and is completely unrelated to the TC).
The problem with using Time Capsule to Time Capsule, is simple.. it doesn't have any software to do it.. The TC is a backup device.. not a NAS. Do not try and use it as a NAS.
You can add a TC to the network without doing much.. just bridge the TC and it will work fine plugged into the AEBS.. but again it is expensive waste. You are buying a router with enclosed hard disk drive and turning off the router.. so all you have is a hard disk which is networked.
If you get a mini use firewire external drive.. you can get 2 or 3 TB fairly cheaply and plug it in. Then back up to a TC if you really want, but any NAS with Time Machine extensions will do the job. Or a hard drive in another Mac made available to the network.

Connecting new Mac mini server to Xserve RAID?

Have an Xserve RAID and was looking in getting the MacMini server. How would I connect them since the Xserve only has Fibre connections?

Tod's correct. You currently can't, but the next revision of the Mac Mini will include ThunderBolt, and once that happens you'll be able to use a ThunderBolt-to-Fibre bridge that Promise is about to release:
http://www.promise.com/storage/raid_series.aspx?region=en-global&m=192&rsn1=40&r sn3=49
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Mac mini HD replacement

I want to upgrade my internal 120 Gig HD on my Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 GHz. What is the maximum capacity that can be installed? Will a Seagate ST31000528AS Barracuda 7200.12 Hard Drive - 1TB, 7200 rpm, 32MB, SATA-3G work?

Hi Gerald,
are you answering your own question?
You have to use:
1 - NoteBook size HD - 2.5" (not 3.5").
2 - It can't be higher then 9.5 MM (0.37").
Largest HDs for laptops are 650Gb ~ 750Gb.

Replacing G4 with Intel in Mac Mini

I still use Mac Mini with G4 Processor. I am disappointed that I bought it few months before Mac Mini Intel Processor came out.
I wonder, is it really possible to open Mac Mini and replace G4 with Intel? Do I need to go to CompUSA to do that for me?

Isn't what is suggested impossible? Something to do with the internal structure being different so the new works wouldn't fit.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm not.
You could always take a loss and try selling it now before it's value goes down further and use that money to fund your new intel purchase.
Good luck...

Mac Mini or Xserve server

hello everyone i have a question involving the mac mini and the xserve system. I am running a home video company and use about three different macs to edit. My server is currently a dual core xserve g5 at 2.0ghz with 3gb ram. it has two internal drive raided together. In my house we also have about 14 computers, which the rest of my family use. I was thinking of integrating things like network home directories and netboot into the house, but i dont want to do this off my xserve because i want my video to be separate from everyone else's things.
Im thinking about buying the standard mac mini server, except i dont know which i should use it for. I can keep my xserve for video, and the mac mini for everything else like the network home and netboot, or i can do the opposite and switch to the mini server for video and the xserve for the house. i like that on the xserve i can expand it a lot, but on the mini, it comes with a terabyte drive standard, and i can add a couple firewire.
I dont really know which to pick, id like other peoples perspectives
thanks

An interesting conundrum...
First off, I concur with the concept of network home directories vs NetBoot.
The pain, heartache and overhead of setting up and maintaining NetBoot isn't really worth it for your network. Dozens or hundreds of identical systems (e.g. a lab or cluster network), maybe, but a few disparate systems? not so much.
That said, the decision really comes down to your video workflow.
How well is the G5 standing up to the task now? If it's stressing then it might make sense to upgrade that and use the Mini for your video work. Overall, though, I wouldn't expect a huge performance boost going to the Mini - it doesn't have the best graphics performance, or the best disk performance, both of which will impact video production. It should be slightly faster overall but not enough to make it a must-have upgrade.
The other advantage would be a more modern platform, the latest OS version and the ability to take advantage of the latest application updates, all of which would be waning on the G5.
So, overall I'd probably go with the Mini for video and turning the XServe into a home directory/media server for the rest of the systems in the house.

How to connect Cinema Display A1081 to Mac Mini 2009

This may seem an obvious question but the problem is that I am currently abroad, having bought a Mac Mini to replace my very old PowerMac G4, so I cant check if the cable that currently connects the old machine to my Cinema Display will also fit into the new Mac Mini.
Any help or suggestions are gratefully received.

Just other users here, no replies from Apple itself.
Besides the included adapter working, there's a MDP to DVI adapter you can buy...
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/B/mini-displayport-to-dvi-adapter
http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/HT3382/HT3382_4-mdp_ dvi_adapter--001-mul.png
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Mac Mini (2009) to video output - surely it must be possible?

I've just bought a Mac Mini to replace my Apple TV, in an attempt to get a single Mac running my entire home entertainment setup. I have a 5-USB Mac Mini, 2.26 GHz core 2 duo, 4 GB RAM, 120 GB HD.
I'm trying to connect to a 6-year-old Hitachi Illumina projector. My first attempt was with Apple's Mini-DVI to VGA adapter, and whilst this worked, it turns out that my widescreen projector (for reasons known only to Hitachi) doesn't advertise any widescreen resolutions - it's 1024x768 or similar all the way. (The projector's native resolution is WVGA at 854x480). I've tried SwitchResX, but I can't get the projector to do anything other than 4:3 or similar no matter what I try.
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My projector has Composite, S-Video, Component and VGA connectors on the back (no HDMI). There has got to be a way to get this to work... any ideas much appreciated!
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I notice you mention being limited to a 4:3 resolution with the VGA connection. If you use composite or S-video you will be using an SD signal, which will normally just be 640x480, which is a 4:3 aspect ratio. The VGA and component connections should offer the highest resolutions. What is the model number of your projector, as I can find very little information about the Illumina series - and what I can find relates to 4:3 only.

Can I display EyeTV's live TV over HDMI-out and be able to see my desktop using screen-sharing on a headless mac-mini used as a media-box?

Hi,
I'm thinking of buying a new mac-mini to replace my current one which acts as an iTunes server and records TV programs using eyeTV. I connect using screen-sharing/VNC to be able to do stuff on it (like handbrake etc.)
I have eyeTV with a satelite receiver and I want to change the setup so that:
- the new mac-mini continues to work as an iTunes server (and handbrake workhorse)
- I can use the HDMI output (inc. audio) to show eyeTV's live TV full-screen app
- I can connect using screen-sharing/VNC to the mac-mini and see my normal desktop to be able to maintain it etc. but this is a headless display (no screen is connected to the display-port).
- recorded media I'd play through the appleTV2 still + rentals etc. unless anyone knows if eyeTV software can offer up iTunes content? I don't like the eyeTV recordings in general as it seems very slow to me for access when there are lots of recordings and wouldn't be available in other apleTVs in the house AFAIK.
The main benefit that this gives me is that I'd no longer need a seperate satelite box to watch live TV and can add more eyeTV hardware to get additional TV channels all through the same HUD on the TV for ease of access.
Does this seem possible in theory & practice (ie are there any gotcha's to consider?)
- can I force the HDMI output resolution to 1080i as I go via an amp to the TV and the appleTV2 drops to low-res in this configuration so I have had to find a workaround for that.
- does the mac-mini have IR input that can be programmed?
- Does eyeTV software remain stable for long periods?
- Does the HDMI out have any handshake issues that would need a reset of the display (somehow)?
thanks in advance for any thoughts/contributions
Lee

I think the easiest way to do this is to have the EyeTV app running in one user account and sent via HDMI to the TV, and use a separate user account for Screen Sharing. Both logins can be active at the same time and with Lion you can connect via screen sharing to which ever login you need.
With regards to the Mac video resolution changing, when it is not the current input on your AV receiver. This is 'normal', if the Mac sees no signal it drops down the a lower level. What you need is to buy a HDMI Detective Plus which tricks the Mac in to always seeing a signal and hence it will not drop down the resolution. See http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=8005
The Mac mini does have an IR receiver. This can be used with the EyeTV app, iTunes, and similar. Yes I believe EyeTV would run for prolonged periods quite happily, it is has been around for a long time and had most of the rough edges polished off. However one issue you will have to deal with is that it does not automatically update its program guide data. For this you might have to write or modify an AppleScript. Elgato support or their user forums will be a lot of help.
You can set EyeTV to convert recordings to an iTunes (Apple TV) compatible format and then delete them from EyeTV.
The HDMI Detective should solve your handshaking problems.

Using a Mac Mini with an iMac (11,1)

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That's correct. It's sooooo much simpler to just borrow a keyboard/mouse from a PC or have another set for pairing. It's tricky getting the existing set off the iMac and on to the Mini, first you have to have it on the iMac to enter Target Mode Display, (CMD F2). Now how do you disconnect or unpair it from the iMac? If you turn it off and on, it reconnects to the iMac, If you disconnect it before switching, you can't enter TMD... then the problem of getting it back...
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10.6 Server + Mac mini = Fail City, U.S.A.

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I've been using my home server more and more to play video. 10.6 is supposed to use the video card for h264 decoding. So even though playing even HD video barely uses any CPU at all, I figured it would be a good time to upgrade to 10.6 Server. Then it would use even less CPU, plus I'd get a little snappiness.
Now the horror begins:
I'm not going to recount everything. But it was 48 hours of downtime, where every possible little thing that could go wrong, went wrong all at the same time. The short version is that the upgrade failed. So I restored from my Time Machine thinking I'd just try it again some other time. Turns out time machine doesn't backup your mail server. (THANKS FOR TELLING ME, APPLE) So then I figure I have everything ELSE backed up, and I still have all my mail on the clients. So then I reformat and do a clean install of Snow Leopard Server. Fail. Repeat. Fail. Repeat. Fail. <- more on that in a sec, but at this point, I'm deciding to just go back to 10.5 and be done with this "upgrade". But theres a problem, my 10.5.0 OS X Server disk won't boot this new Mac mini. Remember where this mini's drives came from? It was already on 10.5.6 or newer (forget) when they got put into this mini. So then I had to get an external drive, hook it up to my mac pro, install 10.5 on that, then netboot my mini off my macbook, and image the installed server over to the mini. Nightmare. But as of right now, I'm back on 10.5.8 and I've been running fast and stable for many hours now. So I believe the nightmare has ended.
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Now, I've been running 10.6 server on my MacBook Pro for a long time. I occasionally use it for DHCP Serving/Netboot Serving. It has always worked like a charm. So my theory at this point is that 10.6.2 Server seems to have some critical incompatibility with Mac minis. Which is a real ball buster considering the new Mac mini Server. I wonder if that new server has a slightly newer build of OS X Server on it.
So thats my story. I still want 10.6 on my home server, but now I'm kind of afraid of 10.6 server.
Heres another fun tidbit. My mini server is in one room, with it's keyboard, mouse, many connections to an external drive tower, modem, switch etc. But it's monitor is my television, thats in a different room. I've always used remote desktop to manage. But when the network itself is having problems. . . It's NOT fun when theres no easy way to move the TV or the Computer close to each other . . .

To say that 10.6.2 doesn't like Mac Minis seems a bit of a stretch to me. No one else is reporting similar issues, so that hints towards something in your setup more than Mac OS X Server.
What's missing from your post is any hint at what the logs have to say about this.
Mac OS X Server is pretty good about logging problem events on the network and I'm sure there'd be some kind of hint there.
The other critical piece of information is what else is attached to that USB port. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that you've got some external storage device attached to the USB - the same USB that's trying to manage your network. If that external drive is going to sleep it could cause a USB bus reset, and there goes your network!
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PC desktop. He is more familiar with Windows and
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Mac mini (Mid 2010) Internet issues

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I recently replaced three older Mac minis with new Mac mini (Mid 2010) computers. The new computers all work well, but they each exhibit the same problem wherein Java and Flash content on certain sites will fail to run properly.
The problem occurs right out of the box and with any browser I try to use, i.e. Safari, Firefox, Chrome, etc. In every case, I'm able to load Java and Flash web content without any difficulties on other Apple computers, including the older Mac minis I replaced.
Each of the new Mac minis came preinstalled with Mac OS 10.6, and installing the requisite system and Flash updates didn't resolve the problem.
What is it about these computers that's causing them all to load and run these web sites so poorly? I purchased them separately and from different vendors over the course of a few months, so it's almost impossible that they all have the same defect.
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Platactico, a couple of things come to mind when I read your post. First question is about the length of the HDMI cable in use. Is is more than 2 meters long? Once a cable gets past 2 m, and certainly by 5 m, the quality of the cable can play a role, and you see cases where one device can drive that length, like your PS3, but another device cannot. So if the cable is longer than 2 m, consider its quality and try a better one, or a shorter one.
Another point I would like to make about something that is different between a PS3 and a Mac, there is embedded in both a DVI and HDMI cable something called the Display Data Channel (DDC). The data moving across this channel is critical to a Mac in its operation with a display. With other types of consumer electronics devices, it is not used in the same way, or not used at all. So just because your HDMI cable is proven to pass video data using a PS3, there could still be problems with the cable relative to the DDC. So that's another reason to be trying a different HDMI cable.

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Seems possible although I would say one needs some care to ensure that the cooling systems operate as needed.

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Hi, I have a friend who is thinking of buying a Mac mini to replace his existing Windows PC ... he has a screen, mouse and keyboard (of course) but I do not think any of them will connect directly to the mini ... his screen has a VGA connector and his keyboard and mouse both have PS/2 connectors ... can anyone suggest a way to connect these to the mini?
I have seen these adapters on Amazon ... http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000FII810/ref=s9asin_image_3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0BFCGEB5PAQ1ANTDH3Y 8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=139042391&pf_rdi=468294
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manhattan-USB-port-PS-adapter/dp/B0007OWNXQ/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1197024775&sr=1-1
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Thanks, Matt

Hi.
Regarding the DVI-VGA adapter, the Mac mini comes with one included, this one.
About the keyboard and mouse, those USB-PS/2 adapters are very tricky, and most times they even fail to work on Windows PCs, because many of the peripherals made with PS/2 connector don't have the necessary electronics to support the USB bus. I tried such adapter with several PS/2 keyboards and mice on laptops, and only one mouse worked. He may try, but I think it will not work. He will need a new USB keyboard and mouse.
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