Apple Groundbreaking New Features
of Mac OS X Server 10.5
Apple announced groundbreaking new features of Mac OS X Server version 10.5
Leopard that make it even easier for users to set up and manage. Scheduled to
ship in October, Leopard Server is the most significant improvement to the server
operating system since Mac OS X Server was launched, introducing new features
such as a wiki server, making it easy to connect groups over a shared intranet;
Podcast Producer, the ideal way to automatically produce and publish podcasts
to iTunes or a blog; and Spotlight Server to quickly find content stored on
other servers. Leopard Server also includes the new iCal Server, based on the
CalDAV open standard that works with Leopard's new iCal application.
"Only Apple can deliver an advanced server operating system packed with
over 250 new features on the same day as our client OS," said Philip Schiller,
Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With no
client access licenses, Leopard Server is the most affordable way to bring innovative
server features, such as group calendaring and a wiki server, to everyone from
small businesses to large educational institutions."
Small businesses and workgroups without an IT department can take advantage
of Leopard Server's ability to automatically configure Leopard clients for use
on the server, including file sharing, Mail, iCal, iChat, Address Book and VPN.
Leopard Server also includes a new setup interface with a built-in Network Health
Check, a new Server Preferences application and a server status Dashboard widget.
With the wiki server, groups can easily create and edit collaborative web pages,
called wikis, with a few clicks of a mouse. The wiki server also maintains a
complete history to restore previous entries and merge or compare different
versions. Podcast Producer is the easiest way for anyone to record content,
automatically upload it to the server and convert it into a podcast. Using Xgrid™,
Podcast Producer can leverage Macs on the network to encode the video, and the
podcast can then be delivered over the Internet to a blog, iTunes, or even to
multimedia enabled mobile phones over high speed wireless networks using QuickTime
Streaming Server.
Apple has made scheduling across different calendar programs simple with iCal
Server to coordinate events, schedule meetings and track time more effectively.
iCal Server uses the open CalDAV standard for integration with leading calendar
programs, including iCal 3 in Leopard, Mozilla's Sunbird and OSAF's Chandler.
In addition, Apple's Directory makes it easy to search for people in an organisation
and view their contact information, picture, colleagues, groups and even see
a location map.
Spotlight Server takes Spotlight's lightning-fast desktop search capability
to the network server level. Designed for workgroups with shared documents,
projects and files, Spotlight Server delivers search results of content stored
on mounted network volumes. Content indexing is done automatically and transparently
on the server so searches are always fast and up-to-date.
Leopard Server's core services, including Apache 2, MySQL 5, Postfix, Cyrus,
Podcast Producer and QuickTime Streaming Server are 64-bit, allowing users to
take full advantage of their 64-bit hardware's performance and processing power
and work with larger data sets. Since Leopard Server is fully 32-bit compatible,
users can run 32-bit and 64-bit applications natively side-by-side. Leopard
Server is also optimised to take full advantage of Intel's latest multi-core
processors.
Other new features in Leopard Server include:
- Server Admin 4 with new file sharing and permission controls, tiered administration,
and options for organising servers into smart groups;
- iChat Server 2 to securely communicate over instant messaging with others
on different systems outside an organisation's firewall;
- External Accounts to enable Leopard users to store their home directory on
an external FireWire® or USB portable drive;
- a new System Imaging Utility that uses a workflow-based editor to create customised
images that can include Boot Camp® partitions;
- Xgrid 2 featuring GridAnywhere for ad hoc distributed computing in environments
without dedicated controllers, and Scoreboard for prioritising job distribution
to the fastest available CPU; and
- QuickTime Streaming Server 6 with support for 3GPP Release 6 bit rate adaptation
for smooth streaming when delivering content to mobile phones regardless of
network congestion.
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