As expected Apple announced new models of the Xserve. The new models are based on Intel’s Nehalem architecture. Apple claims the new Xserve is twice as fast. The new models are also more energy efficient, and environmentally friendly.
A nice addition to the Xserve is the optional 128GB SSD as a boot drive, without taking up a drive bay.
You can read all about the new Xserve’s on http://www.apple.com/xserve/
According to this article on AppleInsider, Apple get is getting ready to launch new Xserves based on Intel’s new Nehalem architecture in the coming weeks. This is the same chipset that is used in the newly announced line of Mac Pros. The current Xserve models were announced in January 2008 and thus a refresh of the product line is certainly due.
Apple has quietly canceled their Xserve RAID and instead recommending the purchase of Promise RAID instead. More information on Promise RAID.
Apple announced an all new Xserve on Tuesday. The new Xserve features a 64-bit Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Harpertown” 5400 series processor at speeds up to 3.0GHz, 3TB of internal storage, 32GB of 800MHz memory, and a fast 1600MHz system bus. Standard Configuration includes:
Introducing the all new Xserve from Apple, featuring two 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest” microprocessors, eight fully buffered DIMM slots, two PCI Express expansion slots, three hard drive bays with support for SATA or SAS Apple Drive Modules, one optical drive, two USB 2.0 ports, two FireWire 800 ports, one FireWire 400 port, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, one DB9 serial port, one 650W power supply with support for dual redundant power supplies, rack mounting rails, integrated lights-out management hardware with Server Monitor software, and an unlimited-client license of Mac OS X Server. Continue reading Dual-Core Xserve
Introducing the all new Xserve RAID from Apple. Up to 7TB in 14 hot-swap drives. High-performance 2Gb Fibre Channel, starting at just $5,999. Continue reading Xserve RAID
