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Nov
2006
I once thought about the possibility of cramming Mac mini’s into a 1U server rack and co-locate it when I had problems with my DSL connections again. Jan commented that that was impossible. Today I’ve stumbled onto an old blogpost from 2005 where someone went out and actually did it ! He crammed two mini’s and 4 disks into a 1U server rack. Now where was that screw driver, I know it was here somewhere… 
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November 25th, 2006 at 3:59 am
That’s exactly what I have done. My mac mini is at the Nevada NAP
( http://www.switchcommgroup.com ) at an IHP that specializes in mac servers ( http://macminicolonet.com ). You can either rent one from them or buy one yourself and ship it to them. I still have a PowerMac G4 at home to use as a test server to make sure everything is working correctly before making it “live”. I also have my PowerBook G4 set-up so I can use it for developing PHP / MySQL applications. All are configured exactly the same so I don’t run into any problems along the way. This was one of the problems I had when I was using my laptop for development and hosting on a linux server.
November 25th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
So cool!
best,
Jan
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December 5th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Hey, it’s not THAT old of a post
My server is still going strong. Maybe someday I’ll build a second with new dual-core minis.
Thanks for the link. Your blog looks great!
I use Tenon iTools on my servers, but am installing more and more stuff manually, so your tutorials are appreciated.