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Setup mac mini as a server install#
Setup mac mini as a server drivers#
Setup mac mini as a server update#
Setup mac mini as a server upgrade#
Setup mac mini as a server Pc#

Setup mac mini as a server Pc#

The last time I build myself a PC the case was nice on the outside, but on the inside it was a bunch of sharp edges and not that easy to create a nice clean looking setup. Long story short: I chose to get the MSI B560M PRO-VDH board. When I tested the RAM, CPU and the boot NVME ssd with the "extra" board, it worked as expected.Īlthough I got the server running, the board was just not good enough. Luckily I was able to return it as being defective. However when running with my first choice for a motherboard, I bought one that a damaged box and some minor "cosmetic" scratches and was sold as a "second" change, the board had more than just some cosmetic problems.įor me the system kept on rebooting and no video.

Setup mac mini as a server upgrade#

Well not too bad, straight a upgrade in memory to 64 GB.

Additional cables and velcro cable ties.ĭue to some delays in the receiving of one of the shipments I got an extra motherboard, an extra Power-Supply and an another memory kit of 2x 16 GB.

Extra Cooling: Kit of 3x Noctua NF-F12 PWM.

Network Card: Intel I210-T1 (1000 Mbps).

Host Bus Adapter for storage disks: LSI SAS 9207-8i/e.

Media Server Storage: 4x 4TB WD RED drives, I replaced these less than 6 months ago.

TimeMachine Backup: 2x 4TB Seagate drives I also had lying around.

File Server Storage: 2x 2TB WD RED drives I still had lying around.

For Caching purposes: Crucial BX500 240GB SATA 2.5" SSD (2x).

Boot SSD: Corsair Force Series MP510 240GB M.2.

Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Gold 650v2.

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 32GB Kit (2x 16GB).

Time to do some shopping.Īfter some research I came to the following list of components: Let's build a nice NAS server ourselves and see how far I will get.

On what to run TrueNAS? So a nice project has been born for the holiday season. It runs on FreeBSD, perfect!Īfter some testing it out with a couple of VM's feeling more than confident in moving forward with it.

Since I'm already back into FreeBSD as a server OS of choice, let's investigate FreeNAS (Now renamed into TrueNAS). What to choose?įor a NAS solution there are multiple solutions available Synology comes to mind, have one running as a 1 disk Time Machine Network backup, however I am not happy with the interface. But no more in the role as Media server, I will explain it later. The Mac mini will still serve a purpose, for as long as it runs. With what to replace the MacMini? It might be the right time to think of a NAS And better to replace now, then wait until it crashes fully. Since the MacMini is still working pretty ok, but the specifications are a bit outdated. The MacMini (Late 2012), with a nice RAID 5 disk set attached it, running as an internal fileserver and as a media server needs to be deprecated. However the time has come to say goodbye to the MacOS and the Apple platform as a server platform. The first steps into what turned out to be part of my profession.Īll these time I have had administrator access to one or more server(s) running on the Apple platform.

Setup mac mini as a server drivers#

With Ubuntu 11.10, the only issues with drivers I've had are DRM (direct rendering), which won't affect you as you're not running a GUI.įinally, to the comment that it's 'not supported' - Linux was never supported on a whole stack of architectures that it was ported to originally - if we all had the 'not supported' philosophy, we'd not have the freedom of Linux on so many architectures now.Over 30 years ago I started with "playing" with a Mac in the role of server.

Setup mac mini as a server install#

You can either beg/borrow/steal an external CD/DVD drive (which is my preferred option), or install from a USB stick instructions found here (I did ask if you weren't afraid to get your hands dirty!).

Yes - if you're not afraid to get your hands dirty.

There's a whole stack of step-by-step instructions (that I read and ignored) on the Ubuntu community documentation wiki here on what you want to do. You may need that OS X partition in future to install other firmware updates from Apple.

Setup mac mini as a server update#

My next recommendation is to keep a small OS X partition on the disk, and ensure that you run a system update piror to the Ubuntu install, to ensure that your firmware is as up to date as possible. The secret is to install using the 11.10 'alternate' disk, located here, which will get around the biggest issue which is botoing under Apple's UEFI. I'm currently running a Mini as a cheap KVM virtual host server - because you can squeeze two into a single RU, they're quiet, and use relatively little power.