Rackmount Servers: May 14th

[MacAztec]

About time!

Its about time Apple did this. I hope they have the Mobo that we saw on ebay...that would be awesome!

 

[eirik]

Oracle

Originally posted by gjohns01


I agree with everything except the power and Oracle part. That arse Ellison hasn't ported it to OS X. Don't think he plans to. Sybase may be coming. Maybe IBM will be kind enough to port DB2. I don't think Apple will hit the high-end. Look for more of a mid-range "workgroup" server. Going high-end will put them into competition with the big boys and I don't think they are prepared to spend the kind of money those guys do on support etc.

I thought Oracle already announced that they're moving their client software to MacOS X? Are you referring to only their server apps?

Eirik

 

[gjohns01]

Re: Oracle

Originally posted by eirik


I thought Oracle already announced that they're moving their client software to MacOS X? Are you referring to only their server apps?

Eirik

Yeah the server apps. Their client apps are all Java.

 

[peterjhill]

Re: Re: Oracle

Originally posted by gjohns01


Yeah the server apps. Their client apps are all Java.

Hurm, I was trying to see if Oracle Server was supported, but their website makes it hard to find out what platforms they support (at least for me). There is always mySQL and Filemaker. Of course Apple would push filemaker, but all the dbAdmins I work with use mySQL.

 

[blakespot]

Re: Re: Re: timing....

Originally posted by gjohns01


I agree with everything except the power and Oracle part. That arse Ellison hasn't ported it to OS X. Don't think he plans to. Sybase may be coming. Maybe IBM will be kind enough to port DB2. I don't think Apple will hit the high-end. Look for more of a mid-range "workgroup" server. Going high-end will put them into competition with the big boys and I don't think they are prepared to spend the kind of money those guys do on support etc.

On the day job, we have been running three Cobalt Raq4 Linux racks (ColdFusion, Perl + MySQL) and have just moved to two Sun mid-level Solaris racks for webserving (ColdFusion), one quad-CPU Sun rack DB server (Oracle), and one low-end Sun rack for development (ColdFusion). I am an Apple not, obviously, and would be able to push Apple's racks for future purchases, but not unless ColdFusion and Oracle become available. I think many are in a similar boat (maybe not with CF and Oracle specifically, but with particular apps in general).

As for my specific case, CF has just been moved to a Server Side Java implementation, so a "port" to OS X should be quite simple and, I imagine, forthcoming. Oracle is another matter. Apple _really_ needs Oracle if it's going to get after the rack server market. I don't think it would be impossible to see a port come--but I'm not sure how likely it is. Fingers crossed.



blakespot

 

[blakespot]

Re: About time!

Originally posted by MacAztec
Its about time Apple did this. I hope they have the Mobo that we saw on ebay...that would be awesome!

Rumor has it that it's a 1U rack (super slim). If so, then that is not the board that will be in it.


blakespot

 

[kansaigaijin]

oracle apps

is Larry Ellison still on Apple's board?

 

[schalliol]

Re: oracle apps

Originally posted by kansaigaijin
is Larry Ellison still on Apple's board?

Yes he is, but he us up for re-election. Ellison attended less than 75% of the meetings, so I wonder if that will be a factor. Additionally, Steve's up for re-election:

A Election of Directors PLEASE REFER TO THE REVERSE SIDE FOR
INTERNET VOTING INSTRUCTIONS.
1. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the
listed nominees.

For Withhold For Withhold

01--William V. o o 04--Steven P. Jobs o o
Campbell

02--Millard S. o o 05--Arthur D. Levinson o o
Drexler

03--Lawrence J. o o 06--Jerome B. York o o
Ellison