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Apple Releases New 'Server' Configuration of Mac Pro to Replace Xserve

Friday November 5, 2010 6:20 am PDT by Eric Slivka

One item of interest that was overlooked in this morning's news that Apple is discontinuing the Xserve is that the company has added a new standard configuration to its Mac Pro lineup. The new "Server" configuration offers an entry-level 2.8 GHz quad-core processor with 8 GB of RAM, two 1 TB hard drives, and Mac OS X Server for $2999.

The specs on the Mac Pro Server configuration can be boosted with a full range of build-to-order options, including processor options up to dual 2.93 GHz six-core Westmere chips, up to 32 GB of RAM, additional hard drives, a second optical drive, RAID card, Fibre Channel PCI Express card, and Xsan storage area network software.

While Apple's "non-server" Mac Pro options could (and still can) be configured with Mac OS X Server, the new Server configuration offers an optimized starting point for building a machine to focus on server tasks rather than act as a workstation.
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dlewis23
20 months ago
Well that was quick to replace the serve. Now only if I had a need for OS X Server.
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r.j.s
20 months ago
Interesting, but there is no way to rack mount it, so it can't be a true replacement.
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jclardy
20 months ago
Well we already have Mac Mini Colo, now we need Mac Pro Colo. Although it may be quite difficult to fit one of these on a rack :D
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Hattig
20 months ago
I guess that rack mount servers never really sold well for Apple.

But for those companies that used them, this is a real PITA. Tower cases just never fit nicely into the server room.
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KnightWRX
20 months ago
Missing :

- Hot swap, redundant power supplies
- compact form factor with racking option
- power efficiency
- Hot swap drives from dedicated bays that don't require pulling the server.

Yep, not quite a replacement.
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maflynn
20 months ago
Well I guess that means apple isn't about ready to drop OSX server any time soon.
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Amazing Iceman
20 months ago

Interesting, but there is no way to rack mount it, so it can't be a true replacement.


Lol, I was about to say that. No rack mount it's going to be a deal breaker in many cases. Couldn't Apple redesign it a little instead of recycling the old Mac Pro case? Does it support Hot-Pluggable drives?
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this is funah
20 months ago

I guess that rack mount servers never really sold well for Apple.

But for those companies that used them, this is a real PITA. Tower cases just never fit nicely into the server room.


Surprising, i thought mounting racks would've sold well. my tower isnt a PITA when it's mounting racks
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maflynn
20 months ago

Missing :

- Hot swap, redundant power supplies
- compact form factor with racking option
- power efficiency
- Hot swap drives from dedicated bays that don't require pulling the server.

Yep, not quite a replacement.


No, but I think apple has given up on the enteprise sector. This configuration allows small businesses to run a server but it largely ignores the larger organizations, like colleges and such
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617arg
20 months ago
No hot swap is a real problem, for me at least. I was really hoping to add an Xserve to replace the QNAP drive I'm currently using. Hope that Apple has a real solution coming soon.........
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