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Apple Rackmount Event

oooolala these things rock!

.48 terrabytes!! ooooa!! man these things are gunna OWN!!! all we need now is the G5's!!😀
 
Did anyone notice that the old desktop servers are no longer available? Which sort of sucks if you only need one and you don't have a rack, which cost a bundle to begin with.

Can you take the OSX Server Software and put it on the other desktops?
 
Apple's really outdone themselves with the design on the XServe.

arn
 
For those of you who don't know, you can find all the pictures of XSever here, in Hi-Res. Must find something to clean up all this drool, I'm making a mess. 😀

Wouldn't you know it, this Dell crashed from heavy Internet browsing in the middle of this madness.
 
Sure it's more expensive than the quicksilver server, but it's also much smaller, cooler design, faster b/c of the ddr, etc...nad also..i'm under the impresat price includes 4 hard drives...what does the quicksilver one you're talking about come with? Anyways, would be nice to have an edu price of around $2k hhehee.😀
 
Originally posted by dukestreet

Can you take the OSX Server Software and put it on the other desktops?
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Sure... the old "servers" were simply Quicksilver machines with Mac OS X Server bundled.

arn
 
I cannot believe the B.S. I am witnessing in here...🙄

I was going to resurrect my old post about how much the zealots b*tch and whine too much....but it won't...
 
Originally posted by dukestreet
Did anyone notice that the old desktop servers are no longer available? Which sort of sucks if you only need one and you don't have a rack, which cost a bundle to begin with.
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That sucks for some people who only want one. But if you did buy a XServe, you don't necessarily NEED a rack.

Can you take the OSX Server Software and put it on the other desktops?
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Yes, we have X Server running on a 533 here at work.
 
Originally posted by mc68k

That sucks for some people who only want one. But if you did buy a XServe, you don't necessarily NEED a rack.
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As I said above... the old servers were simply regular Quicksilvers with bundled software (and maybe some more drive/storage options). But same CPU/Motherboard.

arn
 
For those bitching about the lack of G5's please take a moment to actually examine the specs of the Xserve.

These specs are outstanding.

This is truely Beautiful Technology.

I need to go somewhere quiet and reflect on just how amazing apple are...
 
What I want to know is, how much real world performance gain does the new memory type give (over current desktops)??? Are we talking 10% here??

Useful to know so that we can compare it to the new Powermacs this summer.
 
ahhhhh july!

apple has done an amazing job-cramming all of this into 1u. i am humbled. man does this bode well for july( or sooner) for us non-server peeps.

btw, there is a picture of the mobo on the apple site-i wonder how it compares with the infamous ebay mobo.
 
Originally posted by arn


Sure... the old "servers" were simply Quicksilver machines with Mac OS X Server bundled.

arn
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Except for the redundant power supply used in the servers that was not present in the desktops.
 
I think this is great, but I'm sick of all the bitching. I went and checked out Slashdot before, and the people there are like "..No SCSI, IDE and ATA are NO good..", "It's too expensive.." and one guy ahd the nerve of saying "...ONLY 480 gb, isn't this 2002?" Look it has the unlimited user license software with it, how much would WinNT or 2K cost with and unlimited user license, I'm not sure that that alone wouldn't cost $3000...Just because these geeky guys are afraid there might be something better than what they currently have and might ahve to re-learn something instead of being able to tell everyone what to do all the time, makes me sick 🙄 I think this is great, and that Apple was targeting more like render farms and scientific instituions, rather than some huge corporate office. Not saying that you couldn't use them in a corporate enviroment, but I think it was aimed for the arts and sciences. Like their software, that alone eliminates the need to have huge number of IT people running around, now one person can check the stats by themselves, etc. etc. Scientists do not want to deal with hardware like that, they want to do their project, not deal with machines.
 
Originally posted by Falleron
What I want to know is, how much real world performance gain does the new memory type give (over current desktops)??? Are we talking 10% here??
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For overall performance, RAM is just a small part of the picture. The redundant drives with individual controllers, and the network have more to do with the overall picture than just RAM alone. But the DDR is a welcomed improvement.

Desktops do different types of work than a server. A server is all about the network, and how fast you can get that information onto it, with maximum safety.
 
for anyone worried about education, apple website already has educational pricing for the xserve - $2499 and $2999. $500 off - not bad...... chris
 
Re: ahhhhh july!

Originally posted by 3rdpath
btw, there is a picture of the mobo on the apple site-i wonder how it compares with the infamous ebay mobo.
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Not the same motherbaord by a long shot. Everything's different on this one. I could go into detial, but I think the differences are more than eveident. That mobo was most likely a proto for a desktop, not a server.
 
Gopher is right!

Check the XServe management section of the site. The Quicktime animation cleary shows OS version 10.1.5 in the info part of animation...
 
cheap...

Originally posted by dukestreet
Did anyone notice that the old desktop servers are no longer available? Which sort of sucks if you only need one and you don't have a rack, which cost a bundle to begin with.

Can you take the OSX Server Software and put it on the other desktops?
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You can buy a 1u rack from any Sam Ash or Guitar Center for $20. you can get 4U racks for $40. Or, a milkcrate is a 6U rack that you can steal from, behind any grocery store.that's cheap.
 
Originally posted by eyelikeart
I cannot believe the B.S. I am witnessing in here...🙄

I was going to resurrect my old post about how much the zealots b*tch and whine too much....but it won't...
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No doubt!!!! Man, it is making me sick to my stomach hearing all. People need to shut their mouths and be happy.

Here is a message to anyone not happy with the server announcement.

Go get a dell Rack or standard dell server, and be miserable.
😡
 
I think we should come up with a 1U to 4U rack that mounts under desks/tables. That way, we could get the new Xserver at home, without investing in a full rack. Add units as you need to...

I will have to work on this before early next year, since that is when I am thinking about getting a new Mac system.

I wonder how it would do as a UT hosting server. 😀
 
Originally posted by Backtothemac


No doubt!!!! Man, it is making me sick to my stomach hearing all. People need to shut their mouths and be happy.

Here is a message to anyone not happy with the server announcement.

Go get a dell Rack or standard dell server, and be miserable.
😡
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How about for those that are lusting after an Xserve now??? The thing looks soooooo nice... I WANT ONE damnit....
 
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