Hi, I currently use my iMac i7 as my main computer in my apartment, which has a 4tb hard drive full of films that I stream to my devices via Plex.
I also have a Macbook, iPad and iPhones, so it's a full Apple house.
Having to turn my on iMac to stream movies is a pain for me and my housemate.. and I am starting to spend more time away - I could be away in Australia for a year, next year, so would like my apartment to be more 'independent'.
I'm thinking about getting a Mac Mini running OSX server set up in hallway cupboard, with my media drives attached, but no monitor or keyboard.
I would want it to stream films over my network (hardwired and super-fast broadband) and potentially to me, in another country and to others in my apartment.
It would also be good to have it running as backup for me, wherever I am and as a place to store and access files whilst I'm travelling with my Macbook.
Essentially, it would be the 'heart' of my apartment, covering all data storage. Although I can't see it would need much processing power to do this?
Is there any reason I couldn't use a Mac Mini like this?
I'd update to the latest OSX server and stick more RAM in.
I know it has a weak graphics card, but surely it just supplies a data stream over the network that the graphics card of my Macbook or XBox (running Plex) decodes?
I can't see the Mac Mini would have much processing of its own to do, it would just be pushing files around, yeah?
If not, what's the minimum spec required?
Thanks
I also have a Macbook, iPad and iPhones, so it's a full Apple house.
Having to turn my on iMac to stream movies is a pain for me and my housemate.. and I am starting to spend more time away - I could be away in Australia for a year, next year, so would like my apartment to be more 'independent'.
I'm thinking about getting a Mac Mini running OSX server set up in hallway cupboard, with my media drives attached, but no monitor or keyboard.
I would want it to stream films over my network (hardwired and super-fast broadband) and potentially to me, in another country and to others in my apartment.
It would also be good to have it running as backup for me, wherever I am and as a place to store and access files whilst I'm travelling with my Macbook.
Essentially, it would be the 'heart' of my apartment, covering all data storage. Although I can't see it would need much processing power to do this?
Is there any reason I couldn't use a Mac Mini like this?
I'd update to the latest OSX server and stick more RAM in.
I know it has a weak graphics card, but surely it just supplies a data stream over the network that the graphics card of my Macbook or XBox (running Plex) decodes?
I can't see the Mac Mini would have much processing of its own to do, it would just be pushing files around, yeah?
If not, what's the minimum spec required?
Thanks