Posted by: tman
Apple and their server line - 06/11/2010 02:19
Apple have discontinued the Xserve completely. Their suggested alternatives are install OSX Server on a Mac Pro or a Mac Mini Server?
Neither the Mac Pro or Mac Mini Server are rackmountable. You just stick them on a shelf and call it a day. The Mac Pro takes up a massive amount of space because you can only fit two of them into 12U on a shelf.
I guess not enough people bought the Xserves to warrant Apple having it as a standalone product line. They already killed off the Xserve RAID units a couple years back.
I know some people who have racks full of Xserves doing rendering. They're not going to be thrilled about this decision by Apple but I guess they'll just have to put up with the big Mac Pros or port their software to something else if possible.
Neither the Mac Pro or Mac Mini Server are rackmountable. You just stick them on a shelf and call it a day. The Mac Pro takes up a massive amount of space because you can only fit two of them into 12U on a shelf.
I guess not enough people bought the Xserves to warrant Apple having it as a standalone product line. They already killed off the Xserve RAID units a couple years back.
I know some people who have racks full of Xserves doing rendering. They're not going to be thrilled about this decision by Apple but I guess they'll just have to put up with the big Mac Pros or port their software to something else if possible.