<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Cynthia,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We have a lot (62) distribution points.
Variety of boxes, some 10.4.11 servers on Dual-G4 towers, some Mac
Mini's and Mac Pros and G5 towers and G5 Xserves and Intel Xserves, most
are 10.5. One runs SMB and that works OK, but doesn't sync automatically
like the other distribution points. My main concern is having enough
hard drive space as our CasperShare grows rapidly, at least 100 GB without
CS4. . .. .</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Most of the remote dist. points also
provide NetBoot and SWUS to that building. Our between building connection
is 10Mb so that is why so many. If that pipe was bigger I could get
by with fewer servers. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The new MacMini's look promising because
of a couple things.</font>
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<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">4GB RAM, </font>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">320GB hard drive, can add USB/FW external.</font>
<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">use much less power to run than a Xserve
or MacPro. especially since it is idle a lot. </font></ul><font size=2 face="sans-serif">12W
idle for Mac Mini</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">143W idle for Mac Pro tower</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">158 W idle for Xserve</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.apple.com/environment/resources/environmentalperformance.html</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For distribution needs, it doens't have
to be that fast and even though a Mac mini isn't as reliable/expandable
as a Tower or Xserve, if it crashes, it is not hard to replace. Nothing
critical on that remote distribution point.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">That's what I think, at least.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-Nathaniel</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">SPPS</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=blue face="Comic Sans MS">Our district is currently
beginning the process of migrating our imaging and software package need
to Casper. I was wonder if any of the larger districts that are
using this software have distribution points in the schools? If
so what kind of hardware are you using? Has any one tried using the
Mac Mini’s? Thanks for your input. </font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">Cynthia R. DuCharme</font>
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