Xserve update?
Anyone have a clue when the Xserve might be updated and what the new features would most likely be? What are the chances of a faster system bus, what will the processor top out at, will the single processory system go dual, will the hard drives get bigger/faster?
I'm mostly interested in the time frame since I'd like to buy one in the next 1-2 months. I don't want to buy 1.0 hardware and I'd hate to buy it and have a week before they announce dual 1.4 gig machines.
any educated guesses, especially on time frame? Xserve has been out for a while now and must be due for an update...
I'm mostly interested in the time frame since I'd like to buy one in the next 1-2 months. I don't want to buy 1.0 hardware and I'd hate to buy it and have a week before they announce dual 1.4 gig machines.
any educated guesses, especially on time frame? Xserve has been out for a while now and must be due for an update...
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If it's not then you might see a motherboard update "soon".
[ 01-13-2003: Message edited by: Scott ]</p>
Don't expect 970's yet though. They simply aren't in production yet and even if they were, servers are supposed to be reliable. The 970 hasn't been tested aggresively in the real world yet.
many people are expecting the 970's to show up in the Xserve before the PowerMac due to initial lack of availablity and posibly cost issues. I'm expecting the reverse. 970's in the towers does a lot more for PR than having them in the servers. Even if there is only one model and supplies are highly constrained originally.
<strong>Remember that Xserve still has 1GHz processors while the PowerMacs have had the 1.25 for almost 6 months now. Xserve will likely always trail the worstations for the reasons above. Add to that another reason: heat. The 1GHz produces less heat than the 1.25 and a 1.2GHz 130nm G4 will produce less heat than a 1.4GHz G4...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Even if heat issues restrict the 1U Xserve, I don't think there's any good reason Apple can't eventually diversify with 2U and 3U servers, once the current Xserve establishes a foothold.
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Even if heat issues restrict the 1U Xserve, I don't think there's any good reason Apple can't eventually diversify with 2U and 3U servers, once the current Xserve establishes a foothold.</strong><hr></blockquote>
what else would they put in there? the 1U's have an amazing feature set for that size server. quad cpu's and more storage?
[ 01-15-2003: Message edited by: dillyo1001 ]</p>
<strong>what else would they put in there? the 1U's have an amazing feature set for that size server. quad cpu's and more storage?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes please. Sure, quad CPUs are a pipe dream for now, but more storage would already exist if it weren't for Apple's incompetence:
What I'd really like to see is the availability of empty drive modules with LBA48 support. It's absurd that 250GB IDE drives are available, but the largest you can put in an Xserve is 120GB -- and at absurdly inflated prices.
I'm in the market for a server soon. I'd like an Xserve, but it'll have to be updated before I can even consider it. Processor speed parity with the PowerMacs is essential, as is above larger drive support. Right now, a dual 1.25 PowerMac running OS X Server is simply a better server -- the only advantages the Xserve has are rackmountability and some hardware monitoring.
Alex