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Rackmount Specs Leaked?

try looking at macosrumors near the bottom they claim to have 'up to the minute' coverage of server developments.

I doubt this is will mean during the keynote but I assume it means very soon after it.

Ensign
 
Re: firewire on server? why?

Originally posted by bols
can you tell me, what you need firewire for on a rackbased server? I have no idea.
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Possible connection to external drive cage for RAID, also there are some DVD/CD Juke Boxes out there that use Firewire, support for existing FireWire Raid products...and some other stuff......Not to mention, for me , to easily be able to walk up with a firewire drive, copy some file over and walk away....

That last one is a personal thing, since I run the servers...but can also be a security risk in general....
 
Ahh yes, MacOSRumors claim that they will have up to the minute coverage. Doubt it. This is the same site the states "more to follow tomorrow", then doesn't update their page for two weeks!

Maybe macminute.com will be one the first to braek the news, they're usually preety good (hence the URL).
 
Originally posted by voicegy
Not if he's the same guy that I know...he likes keeping things under his hat...

His first name wouldn't happen to start with the letter "J" would it? ;)
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Nope, someone else...and he's late, so it looks like I'll have to wait until 9 like the rest of you...:(
 
With these great new specs, I wonder what they're going to do with the 'old' desktop version of the Server? They still need to keep it around because not everyone has a need for a rack. But if they update it, then its any easy flip to see the proline being updated as well.

Soon we'll know. I had to get my 2¢ before the event, I was at the dentist for 2 hours. No fun there.
 
I still don't know...

It just doesn't seem likely to be a 1U...

arn
 
Originally posted by 3rdpath


i can say without a doubt-----there is NO WAY they can cram all of the aforementioned specs in a 1u.

unless apple has figured out a way to change the laws of physics( maybe thats the big surprise...)
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heh.... 3rdpath... seems they did change the laws of physics... specs look about right on target.

arn
 
Re: Prolly be 2U not 1U

Originally posted by Sayer
The photo shown at WWDC looks more like 2U at least.

Theres just no way they'd fit 2 PCI slots (horizontally) and 4 HDs in a 1U. This *is* Apple we are talking about.

I am saying 2U based on specs and the photo not 3U or 4U or even 1U due to the limited space for the alleged specs and alleged photo.
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It does make you wonder if there is reporter error, or if the server has an expansion unit for storage et al, but I think you just have to lay every thing out on a 19 x 19 inch pizza box. or think notebook if it helps visualize. You would still have some headroom for cooling.

Here is a rough possible ascii layout C is Dual CPU S is slot D is drive, R is Ram so on.

DDSS
DDRC

Picture each unit of space being approximately 5 inches. The PCI cards will have to mount horizontallyThe depth can vary. Where does the power supply go? Behind the drives?

"a CD-ROM and 2 64-bit/66MHz PCI slots", not sure from what is said if one of those PCI slots are dedicated to the ethernet connection or not.
 
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