| M1 Mac Compatibility? [message #151906] |
Tue, 14 June 2022 15:50  |
fishtech
Messages: 611
Registered: September 2010
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Hi,
I need to buy new hardware for my Kerio Connect server.
The 'system requirements' page pages shows Mac compatibility only with Intel.
The most recent Intel version Mac Mini available from Apple was released in 2018 (and it's now 2022)
Is there any plan for a M1 release of Kerio Connect so I can run on a platform newer than 4+ years?
Thanks,
ft.
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| Re: M1 Mac Compatibility? [message #151933 is a reply to message #151908] |
Wed, 15 June 2022 16:27  |
fishtech
Messages: 611
Registered: September 2010
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Thanks for the info.
FWIW I 'm uneasy running mission-critical services outside of the system requirements. Does Kerio support Rosetta emulation as far as you are aware?
Thanks,
ft.
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| Re: M1 Mac Compatibility? [message #153557 is a reply to message #151969] |
Wed, 18 January 2023 00:31 |
chanze
Messages: 1
Registered: January 2023
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Hello Everyone,
Kicking this back up for some new recognition and maybe info.
We are already into M2 and M2 Pro processors - it's been a few years that the Ms have been out.
It would be great to get a native M supported Kerio Connect, as I would love to upgrade my clients' hardware. (The new Mac Minis announced today look bada**.) The new processors at this point appear to be extremely fast and stable. So I think the M series is here to stay.
Even if it's not immediate, at least a potential timeline would help so I can successfully support my clients, make plans, etc..
We are almost at the point where Apple is no longer offering Intel machines. So it would be great to start getting Kerio Connect into the new line.
Thanks so much!
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| Re: M1 Mac Compatibility? [message #153558 is a reply to message #153557] |
Wed, 18 January 2023 05:41 |
Rahm-o
Messages: 8
Registered: September 2013
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I'm running three Kerio Connect 9.4.2 servers on M1 processors (using a Mac Studio).
It runs fine in emulation under Rosetta, because the M1 processor is so insanely fast, even though it's in emulation, it's dramatically faster than the old Intel i7 processors.
Rosetta is incredibly stable, in over half a year running these servers I've not had one crash.
That said... Kerio Connect really needs to be updated to take advantage of modern machines. But that's another complaint (to answer your question: you'll be fine using Apple processors)...
I've got these machines massively spec'd out, yet none of the power is being used. Many processes in Kerio Connect (like the backup system) are single-thread (their reasoning is "to save system resources" - as if we are running slow computers from 1990). That means that it literally takes DAYS to do a full backup one of the servers I manage (4TB data, over 200 users), the RAID system can write at 2700MB/second, yet I watch the CPU activity and disk activity during backups (using the macOS Activity Monitor) and it's like 20MB/sec and the CPU is barely doing anything. To add insult to injury, it's like Kerio doesn't know how to allocate its tasks to the processors; when backups are running, webmail access slows to a crawl. Yet there's not much going on in the Activity Monitor. It's like Kerio Connect just uses one thread, one processor.
They are dedicated servers, they have 32GB of RAM, Kerio never uses more than 10GB - so 16GB memory would be fine.
The processor barely ever goes above 10% utilization.
Mac Mini would be fine, I just went with the Mac Studio because I had the budget and didn't want to be limited in any way. Seems that was a pointless purchase...
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