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Reviewing the Apple Xserve
The Apple Xserve rackmount server has been significantly upgraded and is now among the first servers to run the latest generation of quad-core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors. However, the bundled Apple OS X operating system–while feature-rich–makes the Xserve most appropriate for use in departments where users work on Apple Mac clients.
Organizations that want to take full advantage of Intel’s new 5500 family of Xeon processors–in particular, the extensive virtualization features–should consider using hardware platforms that don’t mate the hardware and operating system.
That said, the Xserve is competitively priced.
The system I tested was configured with two 2.26GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors, 12GB of RAM, two 1TB SATA 7,200-rpm drives and dual 750W power supplies. The server, which also came with a rack mounting kit, is priced at $5,278 at Apple’s online store.
I remain a fan of the Apple Xserve server and the new Xeon processor should create further opportunities for Apple’s Xserve as a platform and improvements for existing customers with the energy efficiency and performance improvements, do check it out.
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