Next Xserves: 2.5" SATA/SAS 15,000 RPM Drives?

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dstranathandstranathan
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
I just realized that all of IBMs servers now ship with 2.5" SATA/SAS 15,000 RPM Drives. Damn nice if you ask me. Any ideas on when will APple's Xserves ship with 2.5" SATA/SAS 10,000+ RPM Drives? It sure would be nice to get 4 drives (with RAID options) in a 1u form factor.

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    Ummmm, they do.
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    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    2.5 inches? Not very cost-effective.
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    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    Sorry, I don't know if they are 2.5-inches...but they do offer SAS drives...I don't think it's too cost effective either. I don't think they'd be any more reliable either...but that's probably my ignorance talking there!
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  • Reply 4 of 12
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Xserves do offer SAS.
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    dstranathandstranathan Posts: 1,717member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DHagan4755 View Post


    Ummmm, they do.



    Ummmmmm re-read the post and come back later.
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  • Reply 6 of 12
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
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    Originally Posted by dstranathan View Post


    Ummmmmm re-read the post and come back later.



    What do you want? 2.5-inch drives? Not gonna happen. SAS drives? Already an option.
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    krispiekrispie Posts: 260member
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    Originally Posted by Chucker View Post


    What do you want? 2.5-inch drives? Not gonna happen. SAS drives? Already an option.



    Why not, our Dells contain 2.5" SAS drives.
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  • Reply 8 of 12
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    I suspect that Apple will soon support 2.5" drives if it doesn't already. The industry is moving toward 2.5" SAS enclosures as apposed to 3.5" because the platters were already smaller to begin with. The 3.5" enclosures have tons of wasted space.



    Back-story: Massive arrays of drives can suffer from vibration caused by lots of rotating mass. This is especially true of high performance drives spinning at a high rpm. The solution has always been to make the platters smaller. Since the platters are smaller, why not make smaller enclosures.



    Even if the chassis sports 3.5" slots, i'd be willing to bet that 2.5" will be made to fit via a simple bracket. Every manufacturer is doing it.
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    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
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    Even if the chassis sports 3.5" slots, i'd be willing to bet that 2.5" will be made to fit via a simple bracket. Every manufacturer is doing it.



    Well, sure, you can do that. Doesn't require Apple's aid. But for the next few years, 2.5-inch drives will remain mainly in the domain of laptops and small-form-factor desktops.
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    krispiekrispie Posts: 260member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chucker View Post


    Well, sure, you can do that. Doesn't require Apple's aid. But for the next few years, 2.5-inch drives will remain mainly in the domain of laptops and small-form-factor desktops.



    As has already been stated, many server manufacturers are moving to 2.5" drives - our newest Dell servers only have 2.5" SAS drives. I expect Apple to follow suit fairly soon.
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  • Reply 11 of 12
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by krispie View Post


    ...many server manufacturers are moving to 2.5" drives - our newest Dell servers only have 2.5" SAS drives. I expect Apple to follow suit fairly soon.



    This is true of our latest servers from various companies as well.
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  • Reply 12 of 12
    shanmugamshanmugam Posts: 1,200member
    Our midrange IBM Cluster server has 2.5" HDDs, they are sleek and powerful enough ...
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