{"id":50567,"date":"2019-07-13T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=50567"},"modified":"2019-07-15T13:45:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T18:45:49","slug":"a-possible-successor-to-macos-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50567-a-possible-successor-to-macos-server\/","title":{"rendered":"A Possible Successor to macOS Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain.png\" alt=\"Graphic displaying the Zentyal server dashboard on a Mac\" class=\"wp-image-50573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain.png 750w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain-129x120.png 129w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain-284x265.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain-190x177.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain-129x120@2x.png 258w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain-284x265@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/screenshot-domain-190x177@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Screen shot of Zentyal Dashboard, courtesy of Zentyal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a glimmer of hope on the horizon for small and medium-sized businesses that use macOS Server to provide services like DNS, email, calendaring, file sharing, web serving and more. After <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/46738-commentary-why-macos-server-should-be-renamed-profile-manager\/\">Apple dropped full support for macOS Server<\/a>, many system administrators were left scrambling for a solution to cover their business needs. Now a group is looking at porting <a href=\"https:\/\/zentyal.com\">Zentyal Server<\/a> (a popular Linux server distribution) to macOS to offer a solution to those in need of a Mac-based server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/all-in-one-macserver-for-macos#\/\">The project is being touted on Indiegogo<\/a> as a way to give Mac server admins a native Mac solution rather than needing to support a Linux server as well. It&#8217;s a perfect time for a Mac-based server solution, what with <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/49410-the-return-of-the-expandable-mac-pro\/\">Apple&#8217;s recent announcement of the new Mac Pro<\/a> as powerful hardware for large company deployments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/338897522\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For smaller businesses, macOS Server used to run well on a Mac mini. It may be too early to tell what the performance of Zentyal Server would be like on a Mac mini, but with a 25-user license estimated at $199, the two could make a fine match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pre-owned  <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/configure-my-mac\/UAEG2FS3XX2XXXC\">2014 Mac mini with a base price of $449<\/a> makes an excellent small office &#8220;headless server&#8221; (no monitor), while larger businesses with a need for more capacity and speed would find a &#8220;trash can&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/configure-my-mac\/UAGA4HS3HXXXXXB\">Mac Pro a bargain starting at $1,679.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this is dependent on the ability of the crowdfunding campaign to raise enough funds to at least begin work on the Zentyal Server port, so it&#8217;s not a done deal. 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