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Stelliform
Oct 29, 2002, 12:10 PM
Not bad for a relatively new product. Perhaps Apple will take this seriously and release some XServe's with some more features like redunant power and hot swappable drives.

http://www3.gartner.com/5_about/press_releases/2002_10/pr20021028b.jsp


Tiauguinho
Oct 29, 2002, 12:23 PM
Errr... The drives in the Xserve are already Hot-Swappable.
zimv20
Oct 29, 2002, 01:12 PM
.... that's an estimate for 3rd quarter of this year for domestic sales. they don't even show up for international.

what IS heartening is that, compared to q301, they increased sales some 274%.
Stelliform
Oct 29, 2002, 01:40 PM
Oops my bad, they are hot swappable. (Last time I listen to my Mac buddy without checking facts.)

Can anybody confirm if you can setup RAID level 5 on the xServe?
boom-boom
Oct 29, 2002, 01:40 PM
it is also heartening to realise the fact that apple only sells 3 configs!! Unlike the other companies 50+!!
Chaszmyr
Oct 29, 2002, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by Stelliform
Oops my bad, they are hot swappable. (Last time I listen to my Mac buddy without checking facts.)

Can anybody confirm if you can setup RAID level 5 on the xServe?

I am not positive, but i dont think the xServe has hardware RAID of any kind.
Stelliform
Oct 29, 2002, 09:32 PM
But can you configure RAID via software?
bousozoku
Oct 29, 2002, 11:10 PM
It's the redundant power supplies it's really missing. SCSI drives would be a good addition too but that would add mightily to the price.

XServe has the same software RAID that any Mac OS X machine has. You could always add a PCI card though.
Rower_CPU
Oct 29, 2002, 11:12 PM
Xserve has software RAID 0 or 1, the Xraid (3U RAID server) coming out sometime this year will have hardware RAID - 4 dedicated controllers, I believe.