![]() ![]() ![]() Mac Pro is supported, but it so expensive with the following challenges: Mac Mini is unsupported by VMware and Apple as a virtualization node, but it’s really cheap and, it works. For Mac Mini vs MacPro, it was only a matter of reasonable risk versus unreasonable cost. When these two projects started, the Xserve was already stopped, so it wasn’t an option. Wow, Mac Mini's really being used in a Production environment! How cool! What was the reason for selecting the Mac Mini versus an Xserve or Mac Pro? How did the customer react to using a non-supported platform? Were there any challenges? The other one with three Mac Mini hosting two VM, one for Open Directory, DNS, File Sharing and the other for e-mail serving around 500 users. One with 10 Mac Minis hosting up to 20 OS X VM which is basically building agent for an iOS forge for a Fortune 500 company (I can’t tell the number of iOS project build on it). Yes, I have two main setup with vSphere at this time (and my lab). So, based on your tweet, I assume you have some experience working with Mac Mini's and VMware vSphere? Can you share with us some of the customer environments you have been in and how you have solved the challenges leveraging vSphere? I also work on network architecture and security, doing reverse engineering for fun in my spare time. I’m a french computer scientist, working as a freelance consultant and trainer on Apple products for Enterprise and Education. Before we dive in, can you quickly introduce yourself? Your recent tweet was really the motivation behind this series, so thank you. ![]() Hi Yoann, I appreciate you taking some time out of your evening to share with us some your experiences working with VMware ESXi and Apple OS X. I was able to catch up with Yoann and you can find our chat transcript below.Ĭompany: Fortune 500 Product: VMware vSphere Hardware: Apple Mac Mini After sharing VMware's story on how they leverage Apple Mac Mini's for their OS X build infrastructure, I thought it was only fair to reach out to Yoann Gini to see if he would also like to share some of his experiences working with VMware and Apple OS X. ![]()
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