Apple's Mac Mini: Half the Server at a Quarter of the Price

Load test are performed by Tenon and Macminicolo.net on a low-end Mac mini to validate their claim that the Mac mini was a suitable web server platform for 80% of the web sites on the market.

(PRWEB) February 4, 2005 -- The tests measured the performance of a 1.25Ghz Mac mini compared to a 1.8Ghz dual-G5. Both servers were running Mac OS X 10.3.7 and the Apache 2.0.50 web server under iTools. The Mac mini had been outfitted with an extra 256MB of memory, otherwise the system was a stock release from Apple. The dual-G5 also had 512MB of memory and a 140GB disk - also a readily available stock Apple configuration for about $2145.

The Mac mini topped out at 1239 hits per second, yielding 2502
Kbytes/sec of data served, while the dual-G5 held up 2174 hits per second, yielding 4387 Kbytes/sec. It is probably that other testers will be able to produce improved hits per second from both machines, however most day-to-day installations will orbit around these performance levels.

While these figures aren't at the top end of the generally available ISP-class web server performance curve by any means, the economics of the Mac mini are such that for the first time ever there is a competitive Macintosh server able to handle more than 1000 hits per second yielding 20Mbits of data at a price that meets or beats much of the industry - and it all comes in an Apple package with their traditional emphasis on quality, style and Mac OS X's UI. A great little server for the rest of us!

Complete results are at:http://www.macminicolo.net/results.html

About Macminicolo.net
Macminicolo.net, a subsidiary of Underwriter's Technologies, has been in the business of maintaining collocated Macs since its inception. Underwriter's Technologies is an Austin-based provider of internet services. The company was the Austin Business Journal's third largesweb-hosting firm last year. Contact macminicolo.net at (512) 853-9500 or http://www.macminicolo.net

About Tenon
Founded in 1989, Tenon Intersystems is a leader in high-performancenetworking. Tenon technology has provided the framework for world-classnetworking on the Macintosh for over a decade. Tenon is continuing thattradition on Mac OS X. Tenon Intersystems can be reached in the U.S. at 805-963-6983, by the internet at sales@tenon.com, or via the web at http://www.tenon.com.

# # #