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G4 Cube - File Server?

Flyinace2000

Flyinace2000

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Sep 28, 2004
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So a local computer shop i used to work at took in a G4 Cube for repair and they can not get in touch with the original owner. So i bought it for $150. All it needs is a OS. It comes with a 15" apple LCD monitor. I have about 3 external drives hooked to my 24" iMac. I want to set up the 3 drives on the cube as one RAID 0 drive. What sort of OS would be best. Can i get away with Tiger Client or should i get OSX Server? Also, i pick up the computer on tuesday, anything i should look at before i pay for it and call it mine?
 
frankblundt

frankblundt

macrumors 65816
Sep 19, 2005
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South of the border
Just a file server? I use a B&W G3 running Panther and it works just swell (it runs as a web/ftp server too). Sharepoints is donationware and does an excellent job of setting up file share volumes (something I found difficult in the stock OS for folders/volumes outside of the home folder)
 
IJ Reilly

IJ Reilly

macrumors P6
Jul 16, 2002
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Palookaville
For $150 with a display, it's a steal. It's a gift horse -- don't look it in the mouth!

A Cube would make an idea file server. Mine will probably find its way into that role eventually.
 
Xenesis

Xenesis

macrumors regular
Sep 3, 2006
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Australia
Some people are really strange with repairs. At the place I work, one person once booked their Kirby in for a repair. They came to pick it up TWO YEARS later.

TWO YEARS.
 
Flyinace2000

Flyinace2000

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Sep 28, 2004
666
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Xenesis said:
Some people are really strange with repairs. At the place I work, one person once booked their Kirby in for a repair. They came to pick it up TWO YEARS later.

TWO YEARS.
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Did you still have it 2 years later?
 
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