Ideas for G5 xserve?

[FlatlinerG]

Hi all, I recently got an old G5 xserve for basically nothing and figured I could have some fun with it. I have no real use for it and yes I know that something even as cheap as a Mac Mini could outperform it. Either way, I'm looking for ideas of what to use it for.

I was thinking a Minecraft server, which sounds like it could be difficult on the G5..or a local file sharing server. Zero other ideas though. Thoughts?

 

[mwhities]

What are the specs on it? CPU? HDD space? Ram? etc?

 

[FlatlinerG]

What are the specs on it? CPU? HDD space? Ram? etc?

2.0GHz G5 - single
1GB ram - can easily be upgraded
320GB hard drive
OS X 10.5 server


It's pretty much the baseline early 2005 xserve.

 

[Spock]

I would add an SSD for Mac OS X Server and use the other 2 drive bays for a couple 1 or 2tb hard drives and make it a NAS. But I think you need to add jumpers to the drives to get the G5 to see them.

 

[Les Kern]

Artificial reef.

 

[FlatlinerG]

I would add an SSD for Mac OS X Server and use the other 2 drive bays for a couple 1 or 2tb hard drives and make it a NAS. But I think you need to add jumpers to the drives to get the G5 to see them.

I was thinking something along these lines if I can't run any decent game servers from it. Maybe I'll go that route if I can find some good deals on hard drives.

 

[Artiss]

I just picked up a similar server. The guy I got it from was wrong with the specs. I was hoping for the Xeon version instead its a G5. I bought it for $40, in the hopes of setting up a minecraft server for my daughter & friends... Sadly Java no longer updates for PPC for the newer versions of Minecraft.

The real kick in the pants it had no OS and Apple Support said its vintage so I am SOL.

Hi all, I recently got an old G5 xserve for basically nothing and figured I could have some fun with it. I have no real use for it and yes I know that something even as cheap as a Mac Mini could outperform it. Either way, I'm looking for ideas of what to use it for.

I was thinking a Minecraft server, which sounds like it could be difficult on the G5..or a local file sharing server. Zero other ideas though. Thoughts?

 

[mBox]

The real kick in the pants it had no OS and Apple Support said its vintage so I am SOL.

makes a great tv tray

 

[alexrmc92]

I just picked up a similar server. The guy I got it from was wrong with the specs. I was hoping for the Xeon version instead its a G5. I bought it for $40, in the hopes of setting up a minecraft server for my daughter & friends... Sadly Java no longer updates for PPC for the newer versions of Minecraft.

The real kick in the pants it had no OS and Apple Support said its vintage so I am SOL.

install Debian linux on it and you will have an updated version on java. Whether its good enough for MC i am uncertain.

 

[Artiss]

install Debian linux on it and you will have an updated version on java. Whether its good enough for MC i am uncertain.

Interesting idea - thanks Will give it a try soon.

 

[ChrisFerri]

I thought about buying a cheap G4 or G5 Xserve to do this.

 

[erzeszut]

I thought about buying a cheap G4 or G5 Xserve to do this.

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That's cool! Instructions/more info anywhere??

 

[chown33]

I thought about buying a cheap G4 or G5 Xserve to do this.

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I don't see any flipper buttons.

 

[phoenixsan]

Seems to me.....

as a good Folding@home machine (have to confirm if they develop a PPC client still). Or a file server....

 

[technothug]

I'm running late 2006 Intel it as a small minecraft server fine. Loaded it up with 16 gigs and dedicated most of that RAM to the server. For a small 10 person server, it does the trick