6/13/2023 0 Comments Apple server admin tools![]() Plunk down your credit card and Apple sends you the DVD, no questions asked. You don't have to hire a Small Business Server 2003 certified partner to install Leopard Server or purchase a brand-new machine with SBS 2003 preinstalled. One feature I liked immediately was that, unlike Microsoft, Apple doesn't give you a hard time about buying just the OS software. I won't comment on Tiger's success or failure in that area, but after exploring this OS for a while, I've concluded that Leopard is definitely a competitive all-purpose small-business server. ![]() Previously, Apple-centric businesses, as well as Apple-oriented departments in large companies, made good use of OS X Server, especially when combined with Apple's XSAN high-end storage hardware. My experts tell me that although Apple has always said that its server OS could work for any small business, Leopard is the first OS X server they've seen with real evidence of that. From that perspective, Apple's done a hell of a job. For now, this review comes from the perspective of a Windows SBS 2003 administrator playing around in Apple's server-side orchard for the first time. ![]() When Windows Small Business Server 2008 and the new Windows Essential Server 2008 (code-named Centro) arrive early this summer, however, they'll go directly up against Apple's new cat, so look for some follow-up then. I also couldn't compare Leopard Server against Windows Server 2008, since the two are aimed at different tasks. With little previous Apple server experience, I did a little extra consulting with some outside experts to get a better handle on the differences between Leopard Server and Tiger Server. Reviewing Apple Leopard Server was a tough one for me.
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