2024年10月30日 · used a $175 Beelink mini pc for my plex server, s12 pro I think. Worked perfect and even worked for browsing the internet pretty snappy. I even installed a 4TB HDD inside. Took 5 mins. Now I use a seedbox from Ultra which i prefer. Mac mini is over kill for just a server but if you got money to blow go ahead.

2009年4月8日 · That Mini has a stack of four 5-tb hard drives for both time machine and archival storage. It runs headless as a file server 24/7. In all these cases, I'm using these Mini sjust because I already have them and their days are numbered. Would not buy any more 2014 Mini's today, although if you like that model they have certainly gotten very ...

2018年11月14日 · The $75 2.6ghz i5/8gb 2014 Mini should do it, I used the 1.4ghz/4gb 2014 Mini for a number of years and it was fine as a media server. That $75 Mini has a slow 500gb hard drive, but you could just add an external USB SSD and boot from that (which is what I did).

2012年4月17日 · The 2012 Mac Mini I own has been upgraded (16GB of RAM, dual SSD kit, etc.) and I would say is a fairly capable mini computer. It is the i5 version. I picked it up 4-5 years ago and actually used it as a main desktop computer for a few years.

2022年11月3日 · I still use a 10+ year old Wintel machine to power the spinner. Mac mini would be perfect, and besides NAS’s are pricey and you already have a Mac mini efficiently sipping power. I just turn on my Wintel machine as needed (350w) when we watch a movie. I know most rip their blue ray discs as well, but I don’t. I just pop them into my ps3.

2022年5月19日 · I have a Unbuntu backup server w/23TB of storage. Both run with very little maintenance. The Ubuntu server was pretty easy to setup because I chose the desktop version with a minimal install. Having a Mac mini as a server has some advantages over a NAS. It has ample power to run iTunes server, networked time machines backups, iPhone backups.

2022年1月31日 · The Mac mini (Late 2009) is quite capable of running several web applications and the security problem was solved by PF but the upload speed was the bottleneck. If I had a Fiber Internet I would keep on using Mac mini as a server.

2012年4月17日 · As the subject states, looking for anyone who has made a mac mini into their home sever? I recently moved into a new home and I think having a central server (for photos, music, movies, etc.) makes a lot of sense. We are an "Apple Family" with MacBook laptops, iPhones, iPads, etc. to consume our media and surf the internet.

2005年3月21日 · I picked up a Mac Mini M4 with all the excitement for fun, for my work desk, and also to run my Plex server. I currently have a Synology NAS running Plex but sometimes movie playback stutters. The obvious solution to the mini's poor storage is an external hard drive. But what about using the...

2007年8月21日 · These are the two main ~500GB drives. You will be using the disk IDENTIFIERs when issuing the diskutil commands. For a stock standard Mac Mini Server, the commands below are correct, but if you have previously changed the volume names, or repartitioned at any stage the disk identifiers and volume names may differ.