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Mac Pro server config added to product lineup

Shortly after announcing the end of the Xserve, Apple has added Mac Pro server configuration in its place. The new machine features a single 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Xeon 'Nehalem' processor, 8GB (4 x 2GB) of DDR3 ECC SDRAM, a pair of 1TB (7200RPM) hard drives, one 18x SuperDrive and ATI's Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 video memory. The whole kit-and-kaboodle is served up with an unlimited-client license of Mac OS X Server. Pricing starts at US$2,999 and ships in a few weeks.

Despite EOL'ing the Xserve, Apple still has two server machines available; the new Mac Pro and the mini server. Check your wallet and make your choice. Just remember, changing hard drives in the Mac Pro is a heck of a lot easier, if you've got the room to stash it.

[via Engadget]



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Chris Williams

Ok, so why would a server need a directx11 class graphics card (I know Mac is opengl - just sayin its way over powered for a headless machine). No hot swappable drives? No redundant power supply? Not rackmountable? This is a small biz or small departmental server at best. This is not enterprise grade.

I agree with the others. Apple wants to be a consumer gadget company. The iPad is the worst thing to happen to Mac users in years!

November 08 2010 at 1:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
blueworld

Finally we can create our Office Mac Terminal Server without the need to purchase a rack system. Anybody tried this option yet? http://www.coderebel.com/products/irapp-terminal-server

November 06 2010 at 5:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt2k

I Was wondering that myself

November 05 2010 at 4:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hmlong

So what's the future of OS X Server? Especially with no true servers to run it on?

Seems to me Apple should update OS X Server to run on ANY server platform.

November 05 2010 at 2:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
RCook

Aside from the OS, and I question what OS X Server does better as a server OS than say CentOS, this is a total waste of money. A 5770 GPU? Someone needs to set down the pipe and figure some things out.

November 05 2010 at 2:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bill

For a company that wants to be used more in the enterprise, killing off the XServe is an odd way of showing it. I sure as hell am not going to buy a Mac Pro server AND a shelf to mount it into one of my server cabinets. Maybe Apple will consider including a shelf for those of us that would employ Mac computers in business environments....

November 05 2010 at 1:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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alf

precisely what i came here to comment on. with the ipad killing everything in its path, and apple just now starting to finally tear into the ms dominated enterprise sector, killing off the xserve is just absurd - unless they're planning something as a new strategy. either way, if you have your iphone/ipod touch/ipads ripping a new one into the enterprise segment of the market, why would you not want them to be connecting to an xserve on the back end too?

November 05 2010 at 5:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
4nNtt

The Mac Pro has two ethernet cards. It also has a server grade processor. What it doesn't have is Lights Out Management, rack mounting, and redundant power supplies.

It would have been nice if Apple told us their real plans while doing this. I think there is more to this story.

November 05 2010 at 1:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
phlavor

Awwww. I've never needed to buy one but, deep down, I've always wanted to need to buy one. The bottom line is that consumer products are making more money for Apple than enterprise products. As a stock holder, I support the decision. As an Apple hardware affectionado, I'm sad.

November 05 2010 at 12:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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4nNtt

Apple wasn't losing money on the Xserves. This must be part of a larger strategy.

November 05 2010 at 1:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tuaw.20.eitan

" Apple still has two server machines available"

These are not server machines. These are desktop machines with server software installed. Servers typically have more robust hardware to prevent catastrophic failures and facilitate high network throughput.

For example, the Xserve has two independent ethernet cards, redundant power supplies, and QuickPath interconnect.

Apple has given up on the server market. Offering a mini or mac pro as an alternative is a fig-leaf.

November 05 2010 at 11:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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A

So true... tis a sad sad day

November 05 2010 at 12:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
falcon5768

Thats not a server though. The Mac Pro ethernet card unless its been changed is two ports on one card, the Xserve was two independent cards. There is no redundant power supply, not LOM, no hot swappable hard drives, no easy to replace parts kit for the system and its HUGE, 2 Mac Pros = a WHOLE blade chassis with 12 much more powerful blades in it.

The Mac Pro also is a power hog.

November 05 2010 at 4:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
William Hook

Bit of a waste for the GPU to be honest. Most of the time a server won't use the GPU. Would have been better going for a cheap as chips card, like, for example, the 4550.

November 05 2010 at 11:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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