Apple Xserve

The Xserve’s base configuration offers a single quad-core 2.8GHz Xeon processor, 2GB of 800MHz DDR2 memory, and a single 80GB, 7,200 rpm SATA hard drive, for $2,999. The PCI expansion slots are now PCI Express 2.0—one 9.25-by-16-inch slot and one...

A fast, energy-efficient, and cost-effective dual-socket 1U rack server. The enormous leap in memory bandwidth makes it possible to do so much more work in the same space, Nehalem and Mac OS X seem positively made for each other

Nehalem Xserve is not everything it could be, lower power consumption at idle would be a benefit

Apple's Nehalem Xserve packs more into one rack unit than any other server. For one price, you get a best-in-class server and a commercial Unix OS with unlimited client licenses, plus a foolproof management GUI. The 2.26GHz eight-core model outguns and...

1U server sees substantial performance improvement; reduced power consumption and heat output

Leopard Server can’t utilise server’s full RAM capacity; SAS drives sourced from a third-party vendor; no warranty uplift available for SAS drives; incomplete Lights-Out Management; no choices of video card

Xserve’s performance enhancements and improved power and heat efficiency combine for a compelling upgrade over previous models. Given that Leopard Server can’t fully utilise the hardware’s memory capacity, anyone who plans to use large amounts of RAM...

The Xserve is far from cheap, in fact it rates among the most expensive 1U rack servers on the market when compared with its Windows-based x86 counterparts. However, few servers on the market at any price can offer the same combination of build...