We are looking to get a server here at our studio (it's a mixed network of macs/pcs). right now we are looking at 5-6 connections to the server...but we're thinking that's probably going to grow steadily in the future.
We are thinking we definitely want a mac, but we aren't sure if we should go with the XServe/Tiger Server or just a regular desktop with OS X.
The thing is, we tried setting up a server in here a year or two ago, and we used an old 400 mhz imac becasue people had said that would be more than enough for our needs. We found that it ran slow, and there was a lot of fiddling with this and that to get it to work correctly (as a server).
So, any recommedations on both the hardware or software we should go with is appreciated.
We are thinking we definitely want a mac, but we aren't sure if we should go with the XServe/Tiger Server or just a regular desktop with OS X.
The thing is, we tried setting up a server in here a year or two ago, and we used an old 400 mhz imac becasue people had said that would be more than enough for our needs. We found that it ran slow, and there was a lot of fiddling with this and that to get it to work correctly (as a server).
So, any recommedations on both the hardware or software we should go with is appreciated.