Following up on earlier look at the new Xserve G5, ComputerWorld recently published a new article on the Xserve RAID. As the article notes in its conclusion, not everyone needs an Xserve RAID, but it’s a terrific solution for those that do.

Posted at 7:27 AM PST with these tags: mac, hardware

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The Xserve InfoZone, MacSpeedZone’s excellent list of resources for the Xserve and Xserve RAID, has recently been updated. A solid and well-maintained collection of links, the Xserve InfoZone is worth checking out from time to time.

Posted at 7:10 AM PST with these tags: mac, hardware

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MacDevCenter has some good tips on Panther Unix connectivity, including coverage of the handy Connect to Server capability built into the Panther Terminal. Protocols such as ssh, scp, and sftp are discussed, albeit with no mention of the excellent freeware tool Fugu.

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Posted at 6:58 AM PST with these tags: mac, network, cli

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Getting Mac OS X Panther Server to serve up private IP addresses to local clients via NAT and DHCP is a royal pain. Ironically, this same task couldn’t be easier to do on the regular, non-server version of Panther. Go figure.

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Posted at 11:07 PM PST with these tags: mac, network

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