What's the preferred platform on which the JSS runs here in the Nation?

[spotter]

We recently had a few minor hardware issues with our Xserve which host our JSS. After bring this to the attention of Manager he ask me to start looking into replacing the Xserve. This brings me to my question to the Nation, What is the preferred platform for the JSS?

I have read some post regarding the JSS on other platforms other than OSX, but again if you were able to replace a Xserve with new hardware, what would you choose and why?

Thanks again NATION!!!!

[dpertschi]

I'm of the opinion that it belongs on the platform that your organization has the highest degree of expertise in deployment and supportability.

[ahambidge]

I second what @dpertschi said. My Sys Admins are primarily Windows gurus, so we're running it on Windows without any issues. While they're not thrilled about MySQL, having it on an OS they have expertise in was a huge win for me. :)

[rtrouton]

I'm running on a RHEL 6.x VM hosted on VMware's vSphere, a platform I'm familiar with as well as one that our Linux administrators are comfortable supporting.

[DVG]

Mavericks is working well for us--Personal preference and comfort in support would seem to be the direction to steer toward....

[ooshnoo]

We use it on Windows as we have a very large and established VSphere environment. Works fine.

[rderewianko]

We started out with Windows, but moved it to Ubuntu no looking back.. Something about scripting our upgrades makes it more desirable.

[jhalvorson]

Have used Macs to host since 2007. Currently, Mac mini server Late 2012, 10.9.3 w/ Server 3.1.2 , 16GB, hosting only the JSS and no other server services. Slightly older Mac minis are setup as Caspershares, plus netboot and caching enabled.

[Michael_Meyers]

Windows servers here.

[rhysforrester]

Windows 2k8r2 VMs. Very interested to know about peoples experiences with Apple hardware though, fingers crossed, getting a Pro shortly.

[donmontalvo]

We've always let the enterprise server team decide...hand us the platform you fully support so we can build on it.

From https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=10163#responseChild56810...

Just need to provide them with your requirements ("If you update Java without my permission I will cut you", etc.).

[freddie_cox]

We have a mix of Windows & Ubuntu Web Apps with MySQL running on an XServe with plans to move it to Linux in the near future.

As @dpertschi, @ahambidge, @DVG and @donmontalvo have said, whatever platform the person managing the server is comfortable with would be the option that I would go with. If that's you, make a platform decision then match the hardware based on the needs of your environment and you will be just fine!

[chris_kemp]

My current upgrade plan is the JSS on Linux, with Mac Minis as NetBoot/DPs. We have a fair bit of Linux experience around here, and I just don't want to deal with constantly patching another Windows server.

[alexjdale]

I switched from Mac to Windows a year or so ago and it's been working very well. I manage the server, but it is located in a datacenter in another state, so if I need help with the HW/networking it was important that it was a commodity the server teams know how to deal with.

I also wanted something more robust than the consumer HW Apple sells. I have ILO and redundancy.

[#15]

Mac Pro, OS X 10.8.5 running Server - afp has been a little flakey of late so I'm going to upgrade to Mavericks and Server 3 at some point.

When I still had multiple remote locations to support, I used Mac minis as local distribution points.

[scottb]

I hate Windows, but the Wintel servers are good, and if you have a team that supports them, it's a good way to go. Apple IMHO is a dead-end, server wise. If it's a small layout, then maybe it's OK, but I would never put my eggs in the Apple "Server" basket again...

[Chris_Hafner]

Honestly, I have had great experiences running on OS X in general. Mostly because the NetBoot and SUS were dead simple to setup. However, I do plan on moving the JSS and MySQL at the very least to some flavor of Linux. This is primarily a hardware concern. I've got a couple beefy Mac Pro towers with big hardware RAIDs and SAS drives to handle the I/O, which is most of what I really care about.

@donmontalvo][/url : Man do I wish I had an "Enterprise Server Team" to throw things at!

@boettchs][/url : No kidding. I have had to use "air quotes" when saying Apple "Server" for a few years now.

[Matt]

RHEL. I have tried both Windows Server and OS X.

RHEL is the best so far. Solid.