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  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC
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    @dmuckala said:

    You cannot just install an off the shelf copy of Snow Leopard onto it.

    Why ?

    I have just bought a Mac Mini server, I will use it as a Mac OS X server and as a VSL server.

    Apple told me that 99 % of the software should run on a Mac mini server

    VSL, have you try this ?

    Best

    Cyril
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    Go for it, but i'm telling you i've tried it. The off the shelf SL is an earlier version than 10.6.4. Only the install disks that come with the 2010 mac mini have the drivers to correctly install on a mac mini server. and you can't run audo softs on SL server because it only has the core of OSX in it, not all the extra stuff we all need to use it as a daily OS
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    VSL - is this true, that you can't run VE Pro on OSX snow leopard server? I have a regular mac mini I've been using as a slave and it's been brilliant (virtually silent, small, fast enough), but I was thinking of getting another, but getting the server version because of the faster hard drives on it. But I will avoid if it's not useable with audio software (I'm using Kontakt as well as vienna softare).

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  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi,

    IIRC, we have used 2 Mac Minis with OS X 10.6 Server on our west coast tour last week. Worked very well.

    Best,

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
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    M
    yup - worked great! Sexy too....
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    Thanks - that's good to hear and, although it's probably not the right forum to ask on, did that also work with Kontakt, and do you know if it would work on a network connected to regular Snow leopard / leopard machines? many thanks.
  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC

    Hi Paul

    Great news !

    How many instrument did you manage to load per Mac Mini server ?

    Is there is a way to set the VSL process so it has the maximum privileges agains Mac os X server process

    Best

    Cyril
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi everybody,

    I just used the Mac Mini, there was no time for tests. But it worked fine and was reliable.

    Best,

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
  • Cyril BlancC
    Cyril BlancC

    Hi Paul

    Was it a Mac Mini or a Mac Mini Server ?

    Best

    Cyril
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    P

    Using a Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server as a VSL slave for half a year now. Works fine, no issues.

    Pitt
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    It was a mac mini server. You can run the imperial on it - which is what a lot folks i know use it for. As for how many vienna instruments it will - as always, it depends. It is about as powerful as adding a macbook pro or imac slave if that helps. Cheers, Shane