Server Admin Remote

I bought a Mac Mini to build an HTPC box—the Mini came with OS X Server, which I didn't really want. Over a year of ownership, I learned just how powerful and easy the Mini is to set up my own private cloud services: private web proxy, email, VPN, VNC, calendaring, addressing, chat, web server—the works. I use this little app all the time for checking status, backups, logs, HTPC disk usage, and most everything else. It's very close to five stars if it could replicate useful Server Admin functionality like updates and restarts, all with opt-in security settings.

...with the latest release which fixes the SSL issue, I have finally a solution better than SSH for routine system monitoring etc. One only asks oneself: why does a third party have to reverse engineer such a thing, instead of Apple providing such a solution from day one?

I've found a lot of use for this application. I initially put off purchasing it for a few months, given the expense, but I've used it on the iPhone off and on for a while now and it's been a real gem. Many times I've found I can diagnose issues, or simply double check service status without resorting to a VNC connection. On the iPhone 3G this runs fairly slowly (WiFi is slightly better), but still much faster than VNC. But on the iPad (WiFi), this app screams and the UI is brilliant. I cannot stress enough how thankful I am that they opted to release the iPad version as a universal binary rather than the now standard practice of "HD" upcharge nonsense. Great App ... seriously. Thank you!

Server Admin Remote is an indespensible tool for me and I have only been using it a few days. I am a consultant and deal with many clients servers. Frequently I will get an emergency call where I need to see exactly what's going on with someones server. This application allows me to remotely access the server, see exactly what might causing an issue and even allow me to remotely reboot the client machine! There is also a great feature to look at connected disks and see how much disk space has been consumed. It is by far one of the finest tools I have used and it all happens on an iPhone. I would gladly pay double for this application.

Thanks so much for putting together this server admin app! It's a little slow with 8 servers added (3GS), but by all means usable. I'd love to see the "jump to server" screen have a bit more information to make it more useful for getting an overall picture of your servers' health. For instance uptime can be shortend to 12d22h00m rather than spelling out each unit. This would leave more room for complete network utilization and maybe even additional info. Good job beating Apple to the punch. :D