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Get 'em while you can folks.

http://www.apple.com/xserve/resources.html

This has to be one of the stupidest decisions Apple has ever ever made. Our rep has been "Oh yeah, Apple's serious about Enterprise." Bull. This proves it. Even the PDF document on why you should get off your Xserve misses the point. It exudes that the Mac Pro is more powerful. Fine. Where's the redundant power supply? Where's the Lights Out Management? Where's the quick to replace components? Don't know if you've ever done a Main Logic Board on a Mac Pro before, but it's not pretty. It's a 30 minute job with nary a screwdriver on an Xserve.

How are people going with running the JSS on Linux these days? I'm all for doing that and hopping to a Dell server box if it's reliable. Hey Apple, can you relax the server OS so that I can run it virtualized on real iron? Like ESX?

Thanks

j
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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Client Services
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

Hi everyone-

I wanted to chime in on this conversation from JAMF's standpoint. The discontinuation of the Xserve has caused many people to re-examine their server strategy in both the short and long term futures. As people are examining their choices we felt it was important to bring forward a number of options that may be unknown by many of our users.

The JSS requires Apache Tomcat and MySQL, allowing it to run on virtually any server platform. Over the years we have encountered a number institutions where Mac OS X Server was not an option and as a result we have been supporting users running alternate server platforms. We have provided documentation for installing on RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu and Windows 2008 Server. Although we have not historically provided an installer to run on platforms other than Mac OS X Server, we have had customers running the JSS on other platforms for over 6 years.

We've put up a KB article that contains a link to a PDF that details installation of the JSS on Windows, RHEL, and Ubuntu. You can find it here:

http://jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=294
http://jamfsoftware.com/libraries/pdf/white_papers/JAMFSoftware-JSS_installation_guide.pdf

Our Services team offers remote installation and upgrade assistance if you require help installing, upgrading or migrating your JSS. Once installed, the JSS is fully supported on any of these platforms. If you have other platforms that you would like to run the JSS on, please contact JAMF Software to discuss installation options.

Our development team is also strengthening its resolve to support other platforms. We are currently working on making the JSS Setup Utility work with RedHat and Ubuntu to make installation on these platforms even easier. We are also exploring a native installer for Windows 2008 Server.

We will continue to fully support Mac OS X Server for environments that use Xserves that are already in place or are purchased before they are discontinued. We will also support Mac OS X Server running on other Apple hardware such as a MacPro or a Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server.

JAMF is also evaluating numerous solutions that are cloud based. Many new evaluations are being done in the cloud, and we are interested in talking with customers who are considering moving services such as the JSS to the cloud.

Please feel free to contact me or your normal go-to person at JAMF if you have any questions or concerns.

regards,
zach

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