Apple Error Confirms Xserve Refresh Coming Soon

Bring it. We need to order our new XServes in the next few weeks!!

Just a damn shame that all 3rd party RAIDs look so dreadful when next to XServes :(

Just a damn shame that all 3rd party RAIDs look so dreadful when next to XServes :(

Since Apple has no RAID, I guess you're stuck with dreadful 3rd party kit....

Funny, though, I've never seen "looks" pop up on the requirements for an RFP for servers.

So, earlier than June?

Woah... now PC World is a source for rumors about Macs?

My, how times have changed.

So, earlier than June?

I'm excited about this - especially since working with entertainment clients who are mostly mac. Final Cut Server soon, new Xserve, and Intel released new chips yesterday (mid range), that are getting rave reviews. You would think after all this time that Apple would pass this savings onto it's customers, sure it would affect their top of the line Mac Pro, but still, they can build machines and sell them for $1500 that beat the last gen Mac Pros.

I know it's a strange position to take, but part of me hopes something happens on the CPU front the same way the Palm Pre and Android pushed Apple to release a software/hardware update in the new 3G phone, that looks to be really great.

Anywhooooo, wouldn't it be great if Apple started to push their server solutions and made them much more affordable. For audio/video, man would I be pumped up about this.

:-)

Since Apple has no RAID, I guess you're stuck with dreadful 3rd party kit....

Funny, though, I've never seen "looks" pop up on the requirements for an RFP for servers.

RAID Card
Enhance storage performance and data protection by configuring your system with the Xserve RAID Card and multiple SAS or SATA hard drives. The Xserve RAID Card replaces the built-in SATA/SAS controller board and does not use a PCI Express slot. Please note that when you select the Xserve RAID Card you must choose either all SATA or SAS drives in drive bays 1 through 3.

That's from the Apple store. Configuring an Xserve.:confused:

EDIT: Misunderstood. I'm stupid.

Since Apple has no RAID, I guess you're stuck with dreadful 3rd party kit....

Funny, though, I've never seen "looks" pop up on the requirements for an RFP for servers.

Well, as you may remember Apple did have xRAID. It was of course heavily overpriced and did much less then the competition, but oh man did it look pretty doing it :)

Anywhooooo, wouldn't it be great if Apple started to push their server solutions and made them much more affordable.

If Apple wants to play in the server space, they need much more than one entry level 1U server.

They need a 2U with twice as many slots and disks, and a 4U with 8 times as many.

The Xserve is the "Mac Mini" of servers. Interesting, but too constrained to be seriously considered. Every other server manufacturer has a family of systems that are similar in concept, but vary in expandability. The Xserver has no place to grow.

Funny, though, I've never seen "looks" pop up on the requirements for an RFP for servers.

All other features being equal, I would go for the cooler-looking thing for my rack. (Not that equality is very frequent.)

A rack doesn't get seen very much, but the people who do see it are either stuffed suits or visiting geeks. The former are better wowed by cool-looking things, and the latter, well... it's always fun to show off your cool-looking rack o' stuff to other nerds.

On my last rack(s), we had a glowing power-strip (got it for really cheap off geeks.com) mostly 'cause, well it looked cool. And it still served a function, so what the heck.