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Chapter 2 Planning Server Usage 27
Home folders for network users can be consolidated onto one server or distributed Â
among various servers. Although you can move home folders, you might need
to change a large number of user and share point records, so devise a strategy
that will persist for a reasonable amount of time. For information about home
folders, see Mac OS X Server help or Mac OS X Server Resources website at
www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/.
Some services oer ways to control the amount of disk space used by individual Â
users. For example, you can set up home folder and mail quotas for users. Consider
whether using quotas will oer a way to maximize the disk usage on a server
that stores home folders and mail databases. The additional information at
Mac OS X Server Resources website at www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/
describes home folder and user mail quotas, and service-wide mail quotas.
Disk space requirements are also aected by the type of les a server hosts. Â
Creative environments need high-capacity storage to accommodate large
media les, but elementary school classrooms have more modest le storage
needs. The additional information at Mac OS X Server Resources website at
www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/ describe le sharing.
If you’re setting up a streaming media server, allocate enough disk space to Â
accommodate a specic number of hours of streamed video or audio. For
hardware and software requirements and for a setup example, see additional
information in online help or at Mac OS X Server Resources website at
www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/ .
The number of NetBoot client computers you can connect to a server depends on Â
the server’s Ethernet connections, the number of users, the amount of available
RAM and disk space, and other factors. DHCP service needs to be available to the
clients and can be provided by a dierent server than the NetBoot server. For
NetBoot capacity planning guidelines, see additional information at Mac OS X Server
Resources website at www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/ .
Mac OS X Server oers extensive support for Windows users. You can consolidate Â
Windows user support on servers that provide PDC services, or you can distribute
services for Windows users among dierent servers.
If you want to use software RAID to stripe or mirror disks, you’ll need two or more Â
drives (but not FireWire drives) on a server. For more information, see online Disk
Utility Help.
Before nalizing decisions about which servers will host specic services, familiarize
yourself with information in the administration guides for the services you want to
deploy.