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Apple To Discontinue Xserve

Posted by Soulskill on from the bad-day-for-X-names dept.

Toe, The writes "Apple has announced that they are discontinuing their line of 1u rack-mount servers. With their usual understated style, the announcement comes in the form of a box on their website and a transition guide (PDF) to their low-end Mac mini server or their now-more-powerful-than-Xserve Mac Pro server. Attitudes about the Xserve have ranged from considering it a token nod to enterprise to an underpowered wimp to a tremendous value. Apparently, the migration to Intel processors removed some of the value of clustering Xserves, leaving them somewhat overpriced compared to other, more traditional offerings. The odd thing is that Apple clearly has shown they have the capacity for enterprise, but rarely the will to take it on. So, does the discontinuation of their rack-mount mean they have abandoned enterprise for their post-PC offerings, or are they simply acknowledging that their products aren't gaining traction in the data center? Or do they have something else up their sleeve for next year?"

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  1. That's too bad... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was the only way to look like a trendy douchebag in a datacentre setting.

    1. Re:That's too bad... by Whalou · · Score: 4, Funny

      There's another way now: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/11/03/0325209.

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    2. Re:That's too bad... by couchslug · · Score: 3, Funny

      "It was the only way to look like a trendy douchebag in a datacentre setting."

      Shit. Now I'll have to BE a trendy douchebag instead of just fronting.

      Damn raised barriers grumble mumble fuck...

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    3. Re:That's too bad... by dave562 · · Score: 2, Funny

      What do you mean? You can still bring your MBP into the data center, and listen to your iPod while glancing at your iPad and texting on your iPhone. There is ample opportunity for iDouchery no matter where you are.

  2. Lion's Share Server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    OS X Lion Server will introduce the new "Lion's Share," and a new blade server appliance into which you can mount 9 Mac Mini's each with app store instant Lions Share server installs. Want AFP? Install Lion's Share AFP app on the mini. Want DNS? Install app store DNS app on another Mini! Roar! with Lion's Share!

  3. Huh by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple are dropping Xserve and Ubuntu is dropping X-Server

    Your move Microsoft...

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    1. Re:Huh by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

      Xchange

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      which is totally what she said
    2. Re:Huh by Morky · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hopefully, ActiveX.

  4. Re:Perception is reality by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    People hear *nix and, if they think anything at all, they think "server."

    Or they think "I know this!" and then check quickly for Velociraptors.

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  5. Apple drop XServe by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    50% of customers reported to be distraught, but we couldn't contact the other guy.

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  6. Re:OS X Server is a nice tool by lag10 · · Score: 2, Funny

    One even went airborne and fell about 3 meters and other than some of the metal getting bent its perfectly fine.

    What do you in your datacenter that would result in a server becoming airborne?

  7. Re:One major enterprise use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm really not trying to troll... but the words is "lose". Another aside, it's pretty unprofessional now-a-days to use the phrase "Windowze". We gave up that fight, and now we're just calling it "Windows"

    - Anonymous "IT boy"