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Summary: The Manual that never was
Review: I've been waiting for something to provide some information on this amazing server. this wasn't it. Basically its a manual that should have shipped with the server itself. It doesn't provide the insight and detail that was needed for the one thing I wanted to do (utilize the 5 enet ports for load balancing) and most of it is elementary network info. Definitely NOT worth the [money] I paid for it and not worth the 4 mo. wait.
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Summary: Incomplete
Review: The cover says it all "An Essential Resource for the Mac OS System Administrator". Absolutely no coverage for Windows clients using Mac OS X Server - a big omission in most computer installations today. Otherwise a good book to cover the basic concepts.
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Summary: Incomplete
Review: The cover says it all "An Essential Resource for the Mac OS System Administrator". Absolutely no coverage for Windows clients using Mac OS X Server - a big omission in most computer installations today. Otherwise a good book to cover the basic concepts.
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Summary: Too little, too late...
Review: The release of "Mac OS X Server Administrators Guide" is the first of its kind for this platform and I'm sure much anticipated by some. However, I have to feel for the authors, Andrew G. Russell and John Welch, because they are about a year too late and caught right before the transition to Mac OS X. (As of this writing Mac OS X Public Beta is available for purchase.)While I found the Administrator's Guide a well written and thorough book, my expectations were not met by a long shot. The authors spent more time and chapters than necessary discussing "A Peek Inside the Mach Kernel","Network Preparation" and "Understanding TCP/IP." They completely gloss over NetInfo, a very powerful network information management tool at the heart of Mac OS X Server, as well as WebObjects. They are only mentioned a few times and not discussed in-depth. If you are using Mac OS X Server for anything but NetBoot and Apple File Services, you will be dissapointed. The Mac OS X Server user community has done a much better job cobbling together information and experiences on the web than this book is worth. If you want a very simple "reference" book to sit on your shelf for occasional use--the type Apple Computer should have included with Mac OS X Server in the first place--then by all means buy it.
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Summary: Too little, too late...
Review: The release of "Mac OS X Server Administrators Guide" is the first of its kind for this platform and I'm sure much anticipated by some. However, I have to feel for the authors, Andrew G. Russell and John Welch, because they are about a year too late and caught right before the transition to Mac OS X. (As of this writing Mac OS X Public Beta is available for purchase.) While I found the Administrator's Guide a well written and thorough book, my expectations were not met by a long shot. The authors spent more time and chapters than necessary discussing "A Peek Inside the Mach Kernel","Network Preparation" and "Understanding TCP/IP." They completely gloss over NetInfo, a very powerful network information management tool at the heart of Mac OS X Server, as well as WebObjects. They are only mentioned a few times and not discussed in-depth. If you are using Mac OS X Server for anything but NetBoot and Apple File Services, you will be dissapointed. The Mac OS X Server user community has done a much better job cobbling together information and experiences on the web than this book is worth. If you want a very simple "reference" book to sit on your shelf for occasional use--the type Apple Computer should have included with Mac OS X Server in the first place--then by all means buy it.
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Summary: This book is outdated...
Review: This book covers the older version of Mac OS X and is almost irrelevant in some cases to Mac OS X v2. Although it did help me out in some spots, there were a lot of things that I had to get from discussion boards to answer. At most, it is a run through of what to expect. But don't expect it to be anything like the new version of OS X server.
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Summary: Should be recalled by the Publisher
Review: This book is (apparently) an early attempt to describe the setup, configuration and administration of Apple's OS X server. This kind of book is much needed but this one fails miserably because it is so woefully out-of-date. It does not address 10.2 Jaguar Server and, in fact, most of the screen captures and artwork are OS 9. When it does attempt to develop a subject it does so so lightly that it's almost a hoax. Avoid this book. Save your money. Look elsewhere. Print and read the Mac OS X Server Administrator's Guide that comes free on the 10.2 Server CD. It is ten times the book that this one is.
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Summary: Awful!
Review: This book is so far off topic, its ridiculous. If you have been using OS X Server for some time and want a reference, don't look here. First they include a primer on how ethernet packets work. Then they never get to the point, unless you want to use NetBoot. It is a fairly good intro if you don't want to actually use OS X. There is nothing about NFS, Apache, basic ftp with a terminal, nothing. I can't say how much I am disappointed. With shipping, it was $40 - down the drain!
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Summary: Suspicious...
Review: This is apparently the only book on OS X available at the moment. I find it particularly odd that every "five star" posting regarding this book is from an anonymous "reader." I actually haven't read the book, though I thumbed through it at the bookstore. It's mainly fluff, with a cursory introduction to Unix and the original Rhapsody-like OS X Server. Since so much will be different in the new OS X Server, one should probably hold off purchasing.
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Summary: The waiting game
Review: This must be the most anticipated book of my life. Until now, I had only read two books; Hiroshima and The Barretta Detective Story. I ordered this book on September 21, 2000. Today is October 8, 2000 and I am advised (by e-net commuter response) that I should expect delivery October 11, 2000 (sure). All I can say is, it better be worth the wait! I MEAN IT IS!!! worth the wait. . . . I hope. ;>)
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