Which Companies Use Mac Servers?

[robvas]

Originally Posted by ghellquist

No large website in the world uses Mac servers. The current hardware is simply not made to be used in large systems. Besides, Mac OS does not bring anything special to the server world, it is in that usage only one more Unix / Linux type system.

You might find Mac servers in smaller companies as main server. Or as specialist function in a larger corporation -- example might be to simplify program distribution to a group of Mac machines.

// Gunnar

Sadly this is true. Mac hardware is more expensive than PC hardware, and OS X is much less powerful as a server than Linux.

They were using thousands of Macs to make super computers a long ways back

[freejazz-man]

Originally Posted by VoR

Exactly, it's collocated, patient identifiable data - and the rules are very strict (for us in particular obviously - my first post...).
Don't really have an attitude, I'm just a bit defensive when people can't read between the lines and spout assumption

right, but it's you that didn't read between the lines and assumed...

[MacsRgr8]

Depends what you call a server.

I know enough companies that use a Mac mini "server" running DeployStudio to make it easy to host Mac images.

[168mac]

In my (small) business an Xserve has been running since Sep 2007 flawlessly. Yes, as apple discontinued Xserve we have a new backup strategy and an external Mac professional looks remotely after the system.

The reason why not more Xserves were sold to corporates may simply be that once IT guys get trained on windows they stick with it. I was previously in a 1500 people biz and the IT guys fought Mac with their teeth and claws.

[freejazz-man]

no, it's because it costs several times more than a windows or *nix equivalent

if all corporate IT was trained on windows, then you wouldn't see linux used for servers

[northernmunky]

Until a few months ago I worked for a satellite broadcaster that runs exclusively on XServes (well apart from the edit suites of course which are all MacPro's running FCP). Main server storage is an XSan, all chosen mainly for its reliability and in two years we rarely had any major issues with it.

Even the live main and backup transmission servers are all XServes running OSX Server live out to the world.

Works pretty well for us