One of the areas Apple’s Panther Server could have really differentiated itself is rule-based filtering. Providing a GUI to powerful filtering for viruses, spam, and other criteria would really set Panther Server apart from nearly every other server solution on the planet. Of course, you can always add non-GUI tools to achieve this, as Jason Deraleau explains in Sanitizing Mail on Panther Server. His MacDevCenter article describes how to install and configure tools such as procmail and Anomy Sanitizer for rule-based filtering on Mac OS X Server 10.3.

Posted at 12:14 PM PST with these tags: mac, email, cli

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In Apple Sows G5 Seeds Into Server Market, Doug Brooks talks about the value proposition offered by Apple’s new G5 Xserve. Apple’s Product Manager for Server Hardware, Mr. Brooks attributes the Xserve’s popularity to cross-platform appeal and a lower total cost of ownership.

Posted at 4:54 PM PST with these tags: mac, hardware

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For those who want to learn more about WebObjects, the ongoing series on MacDevCenter by Josh Paul is a good place to start. The introduction has since been followed by a second article entitled Using WebObjects “Direct to Web” Technology. The latest installment, More Practical Tips and Tricks, was just posted today.

Posted at 7:48 PM PST with these tags: mac, web

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Due to ship in February, the new Xserve G5 will be offered in with single and dual 2.0GHz G5 processors in its usual 1U form factor. Other features include ECC memory, an optical drive, up to 750GB of storage, and an unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server. The single-processor configuration is $2,999, the dual-processor model is $3,999, and a “compute node” costs $2,999. Apple also updated the Xserve RAID system to support 3.5 terabytes of online storage, an increase of 30 percent over the previous model. Finally, Xserve RAID Admin Tools has reached version 1.2, providing a number of useful enhancements. For more information on the Xserve G5, Apple also provides a Tech Overview in PDF format.

Posted at 4:50 PM PST with these tags: mac, hardware

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A submission over at Mac OS X Hints has some interesting information about Apache config files on Mac OS X Server 10.3. It seems that each virtual host gets its own include file, much like Tenon’s iTools has been doing for some time now. The difference is, if you want to make a change specific to a virtual host that’s not covered by the Server Admin tool (such as turning on the PHP register_globals setting for certain applications that require it), you will lose the ability to manage any virtual domain information via the Server Admin tool. It seems Panther Server’s introduction hasn’t changed the status quo much: you either have to stick with the limitations inherent in Apple’s GUI, or bite the bullet and make your changes to text files using the Terminal.

Posted at 2:58 AM PST with these tags: mac, web, apache

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