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XServe is dead Jan 31 - Trouble - 11-05-2010
http://goo.gl/1y8jp
Let’s be honest, the enterprise server market isn’t typically considered an area of strength for iDevice-maker Apple — and this next announcement seems to reaffirm that to the world. The company has posted a note on its Xserve splash page that states: “Xserve will no longer be available after January 31.” The company does go on to say that it will continue to support the pricey server. Apple has also made a PDF “transition guide” for Xserve-enthusiasts (if they exist) available, which explains what the Mac OS X Server options are going forward. All the literature is worded with the exact same verbiage: “Apple is transitioning away from Xserve.”
The statement does make us wonder what the company’s plans are for its Mac OS X Server software product. Think Apple will license its server software to run on other, generic, OEM server hardware, or do you think Apple is just throwing in the proverbial tower altogether? The current recommendation in the company’s transition guide touts the Mac Pro and Mac Mini, pre-loaded with Mac OS X Server, as an alternative. Although, if you’re a company in need of serious servers, you definitely aren’t considering either of those machines.
We’ve reached out to Apple for comment and will update this post with any additional information they provide.
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - JPK - 11-05-2010
See 9 posts before you!
JPK
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Filliam H. Muffman - 11-05-2010
I missed the news and happened to somehow avoid the previous thread, so I thought it was a useful post.
mile:
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Paul F. - 11-05-2010
It IS usefull...
Still pisses me off, since I was hoping to finagle some budget for an XServe next fall...
Not horrible news, as long as OS X Server is continued, and runs on other hardware. The Mac Pro would probably be easier and cheaper to add and swap drives in too. Not "hot swap" like the XServe, but also won't need expensive drive sleds.
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Filliam H. Muffman - 11-05-2010
I am wondering if they have a backlog of stock that they are going to blow out to schools or through the refurb store....
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Article Accelerator - 11-05-2010
That's strange--I found exactly the same article at:
http://www.bgr.com/2010/11/05/apple-to-stop-offering-xserve-after-january-31/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBoyGeniusReport+(Boy+Genius+Report)
I like to know where I'm being directed so I ask: Why goo.gl?
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Article Accelerator - 11-05-2010
Apple offers new Mac Pro Server configuration to replace Xserve
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Paul F. - 11-05-2010
Harder to put a Mac Pro in a rack!
Like I said, not that big a deal, except I HAD hoped to continue my move from a shelf full of devices to a neater, more organized rack...
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Trouble - 11-05-2010
Article Accelerator wrote: I like to know where I'm being directed so I ask: Why goo.gl?
Just to shorten the url.
Re: XServe is dead Jan 31 - Buzz - 11-05-2010
Rack mount a couple of minis w/ some hot swap bays.
Problem solved.