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Using USB drives to create a server

OU812 · 2015-09-09 10:08:27

I have a number of external USB drives (2TB+) which are just sitting in a drawer. I now have a need for a server as we've moved from two employees to four. Can I pick up a Mac Mini & install server on it & hook them up as shared drives or would I be better off buying something like a HP Server (seen in bargain alerts) &…

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I have a number of external USB drives (2TB+) which are just sitting in a drawer. I now have a need for a server as we've moved from two employees to four.

Can I pick up a Mac Mini & install server on it & hook them up as shared drives or would I be better off buying something like a HP Server (seen in bargain alerts) & use the drives in that instead (take them out of their cases).

The server would mostly be used for storage & system backups.

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#2 09-09-2015 4:10pm

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mac mini would be really easy to setup.

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I was thinking that, but I've no experience of setting up a mac network. do users "log on" in the morning, can they map drives etc?

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#4 09-09-2015 5:09pm

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you can easily map drives by adding the server as a login item. if you've no experience, I'd definitely go mac server its easily setup.

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