My Mac Mini (Server edition) has insomnia!

Greetings!
Let me begin this by clarifying that, while I have a Mac Mini Server (mid 2010), I purchased it for the hardware and do not use it as a dedicated server, hence why this is actually a problem for me. Now that that's out of the way, the problem:
Up until this morning my Mini has slept fine whenever I manually put it to sleep via the Apple menu. This morning, however, when I tried to put it to sleep before leaving for work, it seemed to sleep for about one minute (at least the screen was dark and the light was pulsing), after which it suddenly sprang back to life. It did not even ask for my password as it should after emerging from sleep. At first I thought it might have had something to do with the FireWire drive I had connected to it, so I disconnected it and tried again. Same thing happened. After work I tried a third time just for kicks, and after appearing to sleep for one minute and then waking up again I checked the console. Here is what I found:
8/17/10 4:08:44 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM configd[33] network configuration changed.
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:45 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: rfb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: 00000000-0ce0-873e-4da3-bcaa784446af._sub._home-sharing.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: afpovertcp.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM mDNSResponder[36] SendQueries: No active interface to send: smb.tcp.local. (PTR)
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM configd[33] network configuration changed.
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM watchdogtimerd[58] Automatic reboot timer re-enabled.
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:46 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:47 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:48 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:48 PM configd[33] network configuration changed.
8/17/10 4:08:48 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:48 PM configd[33] network configuration changed.
8/17/10 4:08:48 PM /usr/sbin/serialnumberd[6198] Responding to network change notification.
8/17/10 4:08:49 PM configd[33] network configuration changed.
8/17/10 4:08:50 PM servermgrd[64] servermgr_jabber[N]: Network change ignored - no change in host(s) or address(s).
8/17/10 4:09:04 PM /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Entourage[17985] Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors.
8/17/10 4:09:06 PM /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Entourage[17985] Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors.
8/17/10 4:09:07 PM /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Entourage[17985] Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors.
8/17/10 4:09:13 PM /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Entourage.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Entourage[17985] Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors.
8/17/10 4:11:19 PM watchdogtimerd[58] Automatic reboot timer disabled for sleep.
The last bit about Entourage caught my eye, but I had put my computer to sleep successfully with Entourage running in the background plenty of times in the past (and the problem persists even after quitting Entourage and putting the computer to sleep). The only thing out of the ordinary is that, as of last night, I now use OpenDNS. Because of all of the mDNS Responder events in the console, I'm thinking that might be the culprit. Does anyone else agree and might have a solution to fix this? I would prefer to use OpenDNS but if it is going to continue to prevent my computer from sleeping then I suppose I'll go back to using Comcast's DNS servers.

Have you installed any software which provides for remote system access? Such software frequently disables sleep. For example ShareTool from YazSoft and the LogMeIn service.

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Shortly summarized - the drives in the Pegasus RAID box were not designed for a RAID setup. So error handling in the drives, and in the RAID box, interfered with each other, making the box marking drives faulty when they were not - and the copy job stopped because of a TLER error (Time Limited Error Recovery). Some of the error handling on the individual drives should be turned off. We ended up buying a Synology DS1513+ instead, with WD Red drives. These drives are specifically designed for RAID setups. This machine completed the copy job without error. I think the Toshiba drives (DT01ACA200) that were in the Pegasus were not designed for a RAID setup. So it all boils down to - a design flaw at the Pegasus team?

Mac mini server has no boot camp so...???

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I bought the mac mini server and super drive thinking I got the most storage in one box. But bought to run windows 7, and server version does not have boot camp. Someone suggested I get the regular version of OS, not server, but it won't let me install it, i think because it's already older version than one installed. And when rebooting to install, it just hangs. Maybe because it's installing off the usb superdrive? Also thought maybe I could find boot camp on that disc to run, via usb super drive, but I have no idea where or how to look. I want to keep mac os on, but need windows for work apps. I am from "windows" world, so I'm sure there is a way to do it that I'm missing. Thanks for any kind assistance
Greg

You might want to take a look at the open source rEFIt boot loader:
http://refit.sourceforge.net/
You may be able to use it to set up a dual boot Windows/ OS X system, but you could have driver issues without the Boot Camp files.

How to set up my mac mini server to use two drives seamlessly?

I have a mid 2010 mac mini server, with OSX Lion installed. It has dual 500gb hard drives.
I've been moving all my important files to it, and I've always assumed that once I filled one disc, it would seamlessly transfer over to the other and continue backing up. This does not seem to be the case.
I'm at roughly 495gb of data, and when I try to move a 10gb file onto my server, it tells me that I don't have enough disc space to continue the operation.
What can I do to make use of both drives?
-Thanks

It sounds like what you're asking for is to have the two drives in a RAID 0, where the two 500 Gb drives look like a single 1 Tb drive. I'm not sure the exact procedure for installing RAID 0 on a mini's internal drives, but the process would involve backing up, reconfiguring for RAID (which destroys all data,) restoring data from the backup, and more risk than I would personally find acceptable. I'd expect to lose a full day with the backup and restore steps. I can guarantee, there will be pain.
Instead, I'd suggest looking at what's consuming the 500Gb, and seeing if there are particular folders that can be moved. For example, a shared folder is pretty easy. Copy it over. In file sharing setup, edit the share to point to the new location. Make sure remote users disconnect, and reconnect to the "new" share. When you're happy there is no data loss, delete the old location.
User's home directories can also move, but the process has a few more steps, and depends on how the accounts are built (local vs. OD)
If the majority of the data is in a single "your backup files" folder, shared or otherwise, then I would just set up a second folder on the second drive and write to it, leaving the first alone. If it is truly a backup, then you could make the first folder read-only at this point for extra protection. If you go the 2 folder route, keep in mind your boot drive is operating with 1% free space, I like my drives to have at least 15% free, and OS drives more like 25% (you'll find some range in recommended %-free, but most will agree 1% is too little) so move SOME stuff to the new folder, before closing the old.

Please help me decide on a Mac mini server or MacBook Pro i7 for Logic

Hi folks,
I've really taxed my brain trying to figure out what's the smartest way to go. I'd love to know what any of you think I should do.
My current setup:
2007 MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo
2GB Ram
FSB 667 MHz
M-Audio ProFire 610
WD-Passport external drive for samples and audio files
Logic 8 (looking to upgrade to 9)
Record 1.5
Various AU plugins including Omnisphere, Miroslav Philharmonic, Amplitude 2, FM-8, BFD 2 and Korg Legacy Analogue
Final Cut Studio (latest version) for modest HD editing but sometimes multiclips as well
I tend to use lots of tracks - around 10 vocals, 4 guitars and lots of software instruments.
As you can imagine, Omnisphere runs like a dog past 2 instances and BFD practically makes everything grind to a halt.
Since going to Record 1.5, rewiring also seems to be unusably slow.
I'd love a new iMac or Mac Pro but I make several plane journeys to visit my Mum in another country. My solution has to be mobile, although I have got monitors, a keyboard and mouse that I can use at my Mum's.
As far as I can see, there are 2 options:
1
A new MacBook Pro 2.66 Ghz i7
2
A Mac Mini Server 2.66 Ghz Core 2 Duo
Physically, the Mac Mini is the better option:
- much lighter in my hand luggage so I could take it in addition to my existing MacBook Pro.
- more USB ports
My worries with getting a Mac Mini are:
- Is it powerful enough or at least significantly better than my MacBook Pro?
- Will it run the latest version of Final Cut Studio (a little off-topic, I know but I couldn't seem to find any straight answers elsewhere).
- Is it noisy when under a heavy workload?
- There is no Superdrive so can I use my MacBook Pro to install the software DVDs across a network?
Thanks for reading this. Let me know what you think.
Kind regards,
Steve

The mini will be about as powerful as your current MBP. You could have more RAM in the mini, 2 GB is certainly not enough for any serious work.
People on this list were initially(LP 9.0.0) underwhelmed by the MBP i7 dual core, it is a step up from your older MBP, but don't expect miracles. Get lots of RAM/a SSD for optimum performance.
9.1.3 may have improved performance, not sure,
Fast and relatively cheap: iMac i7 quad core. Not very portable, though.
Not ideal either is your M-audio interface, its drivers are below par making your Mac sweat more than necessary.
My 2c,
Zip

Installing Snow Leopard on Mac Mini Server

I recently purchased a 1Tb 4Gb Mac Mini Server, running Snow Leopard Server. I want to use it as a central repository for my other macs: storing music, movies, backup, screen sharing (it's hooked up to my 32-inch TV) but I also want to be able to run Logic Pro, Ableton Live, etc. I also have a Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard Client, which contains all of my programs, plugins, data, etc. I realize that Snow Leopard Server does not have migration assistant, so I have tried to install a retail copy of Snow Leopard onto the secondary drive, but when it gets to the restart stage it crashes every time. I think this is a firmware issue, because the Mac Mini has a different hardware configuration to other macs. I do not have access to the mid-2010 Snow Leopard Client for Mac Mini which would allow me to install Client and use migration assistant from there. What I would like to know is:
1/ Can I manually migrate my plugins/settings/programs to the server? If so, how? What is most crucial (and what I don't understand) is copying my audio units and audio programs (e.g. Logic Pro, Pro Tools). Because of the firmware issue, it seems more difficult than cloning my MacBook Pro to a time machine HDD and running from there... I would really like to purely clone my MacBook Pro, because I am very happy with the way it is set up.
2/ Should I just wait for OSX Lion (July/August) which seems to be a combined server/client os, install that on both machines and run migration assistant from there?
3/ Is there another method I can use? Something I am overlooking?
Thanks in Advance.

Thanks for your reply. I talked to the Apple Support again and they told me the server edition could only be used on that OS and if I wanted to use it as something else I could chose not to use the server applications, or buy a regular Mac mini. And that was all they said. Interesting since it was one of their sales persons who told me I could install Snow Leopard.
Anyway, I got hold of a client disc and it all worked like a charm.

How Do I Increase The Speed Of Sending Emails Using The Mail Service on my Mac Mini Server?

Note: This is the first time I have set up a mail server.
I have a Ruby on Rails application where I am currently sending approx. 240 individual emails with the potential of more being sent each week as more people add themselves to our mailing list. I am sending them invidually in order to personalize the emails and to hopefully prevent my emails being falsely identified as spam.
The GoDaddy email address I was using in my Rails application has a daily limit of sending 250 emails each day. With our mailing list fastly approaching 250 I decided to set up an email address on my Mac Mini Server using Mountain Lion (OS X Server). The email address was set up to be stored locally at the advice of Apple Enterprise Support. This email address will not be used in an email program. It will only be used in all my Rails applications.
My emails send properly but take almost 10 seconds an email. When I use the same software with GoDaddy's email address the emails take about eight minutes to send. With the email address I created it takes about 41 minutes. The difference seems to have to do with the sacl_check being done. Here is an example of what I see for each email in mail.log.
Mar 14 11:06:50 hostname.domain1.com postfix/qmgr[45322]: 4B2C5603D25: removed
Mar 14 11:06:59 hostname.domain1.com postfix/smtpd[99464]: sacl_check: mbr_user_name_to_uuid([email protected]) failed: No such file or directory
There is 9-10 seconds that elapses when the sacl_check. If I subtract this difference the remaining time is almost the time that the GoDaddy email takes to send the same number of emails.
The link below is a post about the sacl_check. I was looking at the comments by powercore from Germany at the comments where settings in /etc/postfix/main.cf are discussed.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3241121?start=0&tstart=0
Will making these setting changes speed up the sending of the emails from my Mail Server or is there something else I can check?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video
OS X [edit]
Apple added Quick Sync support in OS X Mountain Lion for AirPlay Mirroring and QuickTime X.[9]

A lot of problems with Lion Server in Mac Mini Server

I have a new Mac Mini Server and I have a lot of problems.
The server application works well for a day, then start to have problem, for example: I can not change the configuration of the share folder, I add a new user but he can not see some folders.
Then if I login the Mac Mini with another user, he can not see the starting folder and if you open a new folder you see a lot of strange documents.
Later, with administrator user, I can not login the server application, I put the user name and password but it refuses it (user name and passowrd are correct)
In the end I also can not login the computer.
I reinstalled the Lion Server 2 times but nothing change, after 2 days it doesn't work like before.
I'm very upset, this is the first time in more then 20 year I have a problem with an Apple computer.
What can I do?
Please help me
Thanks

Turribeach, Thanks for you time.
1. It was not a question
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4. I'm using OCI connection type
Now i recreate Database in Physical schema and answers is showing report data for me! But only from one table, when i use columns from to tables from one datasource, i geting error:
Error View Display Error Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW). Error Details Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS. [nQSError: 46008] Internal error: File server/Utility/Server/DataType/SUKeyCompare.cpp, line 875. (HY000) SQL Issued: SELECT s_0, s_1, s_2 FROM ( SELECT 0 s_0, "Ora10g"."hierarchy_obj_cust_v"."sort_order" s_1, "Ora10g"."NSI_SCHEMA"."SCHEMA_NAME" s_2 FROM "Ora10g" ) djm
Edited by: serzzzh on 03.09.2010 3:44

Help Setting up Mac Mini Server for Printer/File Sharing to Windows comp.

Hi, so in our office, we decided only to switch half of the office to macs for budgetary reasons. We purchased the mac mini server to replace the 5,000 year old one and have also gotten to macbooks and a mac mini. My other two co-workers unfortunately still are using two windows vista machines. We have important documents on the server hard drive and they also need our OLD ACT! database to access from it and I have not been able to get them to access the hard drive. Can someone please walk me through these steps? Also, ideally we want to be able to access this servers hard drive when we are out of the office and edit word documents and such, but I also have not been able to do that or make that work. Any help in these areas would be greatly appreciated!

If you use a different login name for the network account to your existing local account then the local account will not be affected. You might want to transfer the contents of your existing local account to the new network account. To do this you could try the following
Create new network account
Login using old local account
Now while logged in using old local account - connect to the File Server
Enter the new login details
It should hopefully list the Share that stores your new network account, complete the connection
You should now have the Share mounted, copy the contents of your local account to the corresponding location in your new network account
Note: The Library folder in your home directory contains all your settings
Once complete logout of the old local account
Try logging in to the new account
In terms of limitations, it is going to be slower than a local account because it has to go across the network, and some badly written applications may have some issues but most will be fine.
At this stage your local account has not yet been deleted so if you have problems you can revert to it.

My Mac Mini (Server edition) has insomnia!

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