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Xserve Outside the Reality Distortion Field

Posted by pudge on from the it-is-mac-os-not-macos-dammit dept.

Gentoo69 writes "OSNews has a comparison of the Xserve with other 1U servers. How does the Apple offering stands up against the competition?" (Hint: pretty well.)

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  1. um hello crap? by n3r0.m4dski11z · · Score: -1, Redundant

    what kind of a review was that? there were no benchmarks there were no numeric comparisons it was all text. i already know the specs and the price of this server i want to know real world benchmarking results. how do you figure it did "really well"?

    its just a article with links to other articles about technology.. like this choice quote

    "The first possible problem will occurs with the raw disk access speed itself. After a request for data, the Ultra ATA drives take a performance penalty compared to SCSI drives in their data access."

    well DUH! i mean what did these ppl do ask 'the IT guy' at work for a dumbed down explanation of technology? note to article authors, if you dont have actual benchmark comparisons, ITS NOT A COMPARITIVE ARTICLE.

    >antiMacOn> Well what can you expect from Mac people. i mean these ppl want a pc to be an appliance! >/antiMacOn>

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  2. Re:You're stupid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    I had a look at your Apple server and played around with the config options. Sorry, it's not in the running.

    Have you actually read the specs for the Gateway ? http://www.gateway.com/work/prod/sb_gtwy935c_ProdD etail.shtml

    note: since your post was totally devoid of content I figured I'd just post the same link again since you obviously haven't even clicked on it. Since you're clearly a dunce, I'll show you what you can get from gateway for $3093, which is pretty close to the price of the entry level Xserve:
    Processor: (2)Intel® Pentium® III Processor 1.13-GHz with 512K full speed L2 Cache ........[ +US$549.00]
    Memory: 1024MB PC133 ECC SDRAM (4 - 256MB modules) ........[ +US$597.00]
    Hard Drive: (Total 2) 36GB Ultra160 SCSI SCA 10K RPM Hard Drives ........[ +US$699.00]
    Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive
    CD-ROM: 24X IDE CDROM
    Operating System: Optional
    Video: Integrated PCI Graphics - 4MB
    Power Supply: 200 Watt Power Supply
    Controller: Integrated Single Channel Ultra160
    RAID Level: Please choose a RAID Level
    Network Card: Dual Integrated Intel® PCI 10/100 Twisted Pair Ethernet and One Intel® PCI 10/100/1000 TP Ethernet ........[ +US$149.00]
    Limited Warranty and On-site Service Programs: 3Yr Parts, Labor, 3Yr Onsite - Next Business Day Limited Warranty, HW Tech Support as long as you own it
    Server Management: HP OpenView ManageX Event Manager
    Price: $3,093.00 shipping & handling extra

    So there you have a Dual P3 1.13 ghz, 1 gig of ram, 62 gigs of SCSI hard disk, dual 10/100 ethernet plus a gigabit ethernet. Explain to me again how this can't compare with apple's steaming pile of feces? It tops apple in every single category except for memory speed, but since Apple's memory isn't ECC, it's not server-ready anyhow. You dumb apple drone! You make me sick. Can you give me even a single example where Apple's server would provide even a marginal performance advantage over the above-configured machine? Note that photoshop filters are irrelevant since this is a server.