09-23-2008, 04:36 PM
A mini would serve great but I'd hook up an external to Firewire as the data drive, not the internal.
Also, unless you need a fairly sophisticated user and group management, I'd recommend simple client filesharing over purchasing OSX Server. I tried Server and found it was much more than needed for simple filesharing.
I have a G4/667 with 1GB RAM running 10.5 (client) serving 1.2 TB to 3 users without a problem. But it's also not a gigabit network so it hasn't really been taxed.
Also, unless you need a fairly sophisticated user and group management, I'd recommend simple client filesharing over purchasing OSX Server. I tried Server and found it was much more than needed for simple filesharing.
I have a G4/667 with 1GB RAM running 10.5 (client) serving 1.2 TB to 3 users without a problem. But it's also not a gigabit network so it hasn't really been taxed.