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External Storage Options.

External Storage Options.

Whether it’s for extra storage space, backups, or cloning your main hard drive; adding an external hard drive to your Mac mini can be a helpful upgrade. At Mac Mini Vault we have engineered a high density Mac mini colocation solution that allows us to offer...
Getting Started.

Getting Started.

Prior to shipping your Mac mini to us there are a few basic settings that you can pre-configure to ensure a quick turn around time with getting your mini online. When signing up you will receive an e-mail with your colocation settings along with shipping directions....
IP Addressing, BGP Routing, and Marketing.

IP Addressing, BGP Routing, and Marketing.

There are scenarios that we see from time to time in the data center / colocation world. We see advertised claims that most people accept for face value. This article goes over two examples of this and gives some information on how to research these claims. a) “We...
SD Card Cloned Backup.

SD Card Cloned Backup.

This is a proof of concept for a backup solution that gives a full copy of a bootable OS X drive on a SD Card. A high capacity SD card can be added to your colocated Mac mini without costing anything more in terms of rack space fees. An external hard drive takes up...
Setup a RAID1 volume on a mini Server.

Setup a RAID1 volume on a mini Server.

If you’ve purchased a Mac mini Server you’ll realize that the default configuration is two 500GB hard drives. If you do not need more than 500GB of storage you can use that second drive to add redundancy. By mirroring the two drives together you have the...
Mac Mini Vault plans listed.

Mac Mini Vault plans listed.

Our sign up page now lists our services with additional options. Note that if plans are paid for annually we’ll discount the price by 10%. Our first custom cabinet is set to go live in January 2011, but we can start hosting Mac minis in our data center...