Introducing the fastest, most energy efficient Xserve ever. Provides everything you need to accommodate Mac, Windows and Linux customers, without having to pay extra for client licenses. Featuring the Quad Core Intel Xeon "Nehalem" processor and an integrated memory controller - the new Xserve boosts performance up to 2x as much as previous generations.

Technical Specifications

In the box

  • Xserve
  • Rack mounting hardware
  • 6' and 10" power cords
  • Mac OS X Server v10.6 Install DVD
  • Administration Tools CD
  • Printed and electronic documentation

Processor

  • One 2.26GHz, or two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series "Nehalem" processors
  • 8MB shared L3 cache per processor
  • Three-channel integrated memory controller per processor
  • Hyper-Threading support with two threads per core (up to 16 virtual cores)
  • Turbo Boost for increased performance under dynamic workloads (up to 3.33GHz on a 2.93GHz processor)
  • 128-bit SSE4 SIMD engine
  • 64-bit data paths and registers

Memory

  • 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory
  • Six DIMM slots (quad-core) or twelve DIMM slots (8-core) configurable to up to 48GB of SDRAM
  • System supports up to 96GB in Mac OS X Server v10.6

Storage

  • Three independent hot-plug drive bays with support for qualified SATA or SAS drives; support for up to 6TB of hot-plug internal storage1 using the following drive modules:
  • 160GB 7200-rpm SATA drive with 8MB disk cache2
  • 1TB 7200-rpm SATA drive with 32MB disk cache2
  • 2TB 7200-rpm SATA drive with 32MB disk cache2
  • 450GB 15,000-rpm SAS drive available as a third-party kit
  • Xserve drive bays support Apple-qualified drive modules with Apple-qualified hard drives and firmware only. Drive bays not configured with a qualified drive module ship with a nonfunctional blank drive carrier and do not support installation of nonqualified third-party hard drives.
  • Support for reading SMART data from Apple Drive Modules for prefailure notification
  • Software RAID 0 and 1 built into Mac OS X Server
  • 8x SuperDrive DL (DVDñR DL/DVDñRW/CD-RW)

Software

  • Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client License
  • Included services
  • File and printer sharing: Mac (AFP, AppleTalk PAP, IPP), Windows (SMB/CIFS, IPP), UNIX and Linux (NFS, LPR/LPD), Internet (FTP, WebDAV)
  • Directory services: Open Directory (OpenLDAP, Kerberos, SASL), NT Domain Controller (Samba 3), Backup Domain Controller (BDC), LDAP directory connector, Active Directory connector, BSD configuration files (/etc), RADIUS
  • Mail services: SMTP (Postfix), POP and IMAP (Cyrus), SSL/TLS encryption (OpenSSL), mailing lists (Mailman), WebMail (SquirrelMail), junk mail filtering (SpamAssassin), virus detection and quarantine (ClamAV)
  • Calendaring: iCal Server 2 (CalDAV, iCalendar, iTIP, iMIP)
  • Distributed computing: Xgrid
  • File systems: HFS+ (journaled, case sensitive), read-only UFS
  • Web hosting: Apache web server (2.2 and 1.3), SSL/TLS (OpenSSL), WebDAV, PHP (5.2), Perl (5.8.8), Ruby (1.8.6), Rails (1.2.3), MySQL 5, Capistrano, Mongrel
  • Collaboration services: Wiki Server 2 (RSS), iChat Server 2 (Jabber/XMPP)
  • Application services: Apache Tomcat, Java Virtual Machine (J2SE 1.6)
  • Client management: Managed Preferences, NetBoot, NetInstall, NetRestore, Software Update Server, portable home directories
  • Networking and VPN: DNS server (BIND 9), DHCP server, NTP, Firewall (IPFW2), VPN server (L2TP, PPTP), Mobile Access Server, RADIUS, NAT server
  • Management features: Server Assistant, Server Admin, Server Preferences, Server Status widget, Workgroup Manager, System Image Utility, Secure Shell (SSH2), Server Monitor, RAID Utility, SNMPv3 (Net-SNMP)
  • High-availability features: automatic recovery, file system journaling, Software RAID, disk space monitor
  • Media streaming: QuickTime Streaming, QuickTime Broadcaster

AppleCare

Give your customers extra protection with the AppleCare Protection Plan. Extending warranty up to three years on a range of Apple products including Macs, iPods, iPhones and Apple displays.
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