Apple Mac OS X Server - Manual (Page 9)

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Formatting Your Hard Disk
Mac OS X Server supports three file system formats: Mac OS Standard (HFS), Mac OS
Extended (HFS Plus), and Mac OS Server (UFS). Mac OS 8 cannot read UFS disks or files, but
Mac OS X Server can read all three formats.
You can have multiple formats on the same disk by partitioning it (dividing it into sections)
and selecting a different format for each partition. Mac OS X Server requires at least a 1 GB
Mac OS Server partition. You can create up to eight Mac OS Extended partitions on the same
disk, but you can only have one Mac OS Server partition per disk.
If your Mac OS X Server will share files with Mac OS 8 computers, or import data from
Mac OS 8 clients for Apache Web services or QuickTime Streaming, you need at least one
Mac OS Extended partition.
Note: Instead of creating partitions on the same disk, you can format entire disks (internal
hard drives or external drives connected to one computer) in different formats.
If you purchased a computer with Mac OS X Server already installed, its hard disk is already
partitioned. (See the computer manual for more information.) You don’t need to continue
with the instructions in this manual unless you want to change the way your hard disks are
formatted and partitioned.