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Mac Pro and Xserve firmware, restore CD updated

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 19th, 2010)

Mac Pro and Xserve owners, take note -- Apple has released the following updates today: Xserve EFI Firmware Update 1.2 for Xserve (Early 2009) Improved compatibility with virtualization products utilizing VT-d Improved system reliability ...

Mac Pro gets a speed bump, Xserve has new storage options

by Steven Sande (Dec 4th, 2009)

After the introduction of the new 27" Intel Core i7 iMac in October, a lot of us in the Mac world were puzzled by the lack of a new higher-end Mac Pro. After all, the Mac Pro has traditionally been the most powerful Mac with the highest level of ...

Drobo supersizes product line with the new, faster Drobo S and DroboElite

by Steven Sande (Nov 23rd, 2009)

This morning, Data Robotics doubled the size of their Drobo storage line with two new products equipped with the proprietary BeyondRAID technology -- the Drobo S and the Drobo Elite. The Drobo S (at right) is a performance storage device designed ...

Apple posts two new updates

by Joachim Bean (Oct 23rd, 2009)

Just days after all the hardware updates on Tuesday, Apple has posted two new support downloads. The first, Pro Applications Update 2009-01, contains several updates for applications in Final Cut Studio. This update includes Final Cut Pro 7.0.1, ...

Mini gets a server-style upgrade

by Tim Wasson (Oct 20th, 2009)

Apple has given the mini a bit of a bump this morning, including a mini without an optical drive, twice the storage and of course a copy of OS X Server. It is meant to be a solution for those small businesses out there that are too small to need an ...

Apple presents the Snow Leopard Server Tour 2009

by Steven Sande (Oct 19th, 2009)

OK, so it's really just the Snow Leopard Server Multi-City Seminar and not a huge rock band on a world tour, but if you're more interested in servers than following your favorite group, this announcement should get you excited. Apple's setting up ...

Need a few petabytes of Mac storage? Build your own BackBlaze Storage Pod

by Steven Sande (Sep 1st, 2009)

One of the largest personal iTunes libraries I've ever seen belongs to a client of mine. This client, who was a DJ in the 50's and 60's, has a huge collection of vinyl albums and singles that he painstakingly digitized, cleaned up, and catalogued in ...

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server pricing is good for business

by Steven Sande (Aug 30th, 2009)

In this morning's rush to figure out what had changed at the Apple Store, one of our readers pointed out that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server (US$499 for an unlimited license) was priced lower than Leopard Server (US$999 for unlimited users). While ...

Tolis Group announces BRU Server 2.0 update; system admins rejoice

by Steven Sande (Jul 26th, 2009)

When a Leopard user wants a backup of the data on her computer, she might just attach an external hard disk to her machine and let Time Machine perform its magic. But how do you do backups for Xserves or large groups of Mac users? In many cases, you ...

Kerio teams up with Parallels

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 17th, 2009)

We seem to be mentioning both Parallels and Kerio pretty frequently, and they keep coming up with cool stuff. Kerio announced today that it will be offering its mail and collaboration platform, Kerio Mailserver, as a Virtual Appliance for Parallels ...

Apple building server farm, secret lair in North Carolina

by Mike Schramm (May 25th, 2009)

As Mike mentioned in the news roundup yesterday, word is going around that the corporate overlords at Apple are planning to build a massive server farm in the state of North Carolina within the next decade or so. How do we know? Because the company ...

Xserve gets a performance boost

by Christina Warren (Apr 7th, 2009)

Astute readers noticed some Apple store downtime earlier this morning. While I was hoping for something soaked in Unicorn tears, I guess I'll settle for a drool-worthy Xserve update. The rumors were right on target, and the new Xserve sports ...

Rumor: Xserve refresh coming up soon

by Michael Rose (Apr 4th, 2009)

MacRumors is calling attention to a PC World report: new Nehalem-based Xserve models are expected soon, based on a slipup on Apple's Hong Kong site (gotta watch those ALT tags, folks!). The replacement units for Apple's Harpertown and Penryn ...

Apple Xserve Field Guide

by Steven Sande (Nov 24th, 2008)

Attention Xserve administrators: Apple has created an Xserve Field Guide web app that can you can use to jog your memory when you're standing in front of a server and can't remember how to perform some manual task. The web app is designed to be ...

Leopard Tips and Tricks for client management will improve your admin life

by Michael Rose (Sep 30th, 2008)

Keeping up with the Leopard-centric changes to managed preferences and mobile accounts is crucial if you're responsible for a labful or campus-ful of Macs, and you want to gracefully control what permissions or resources your wanton users have when ...

Apple updates Mac OS X server to 10.5.5, and more server goodness

by Cory Bohon (Sep 15th, 2008)

With Mac OS X 10.5.5 on the update list for the day, Apple has also decided to release a number of shiny, happy updates for the Mac OS X Server geeks among us. At the top are two versions of Mac OS X 10.5.5: Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 (341 MBs) ...