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Apple today updated its Xserver server family to provide its users with 89 percent more performance per watt and twice the overall performance of the previous servers (based on Apple's own test conducted in February). This was obtained by introducing the new Nehalem Xeon processors from Intel hand in hand with new system architecture.
The standard configuration of Apple’s new Xserve packs a 2.26GHz Quad Core Xeon processor and 8MB of fully shared L3 cache. It has an integrated memory controller with three channels of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC memory. The standard version costs $2,999. The Intel Xeon processors are capable of running at speeds up to 2.93 GHz.
"The Xserve is the best workgroup server for our education, business and creative customers. With up to twice the performance, better power efficiency and an innovative SSD drive option, this is the best Xserve we've ever made," said David Moody, Apple's VP of Worldwide Mac Product Marketing.
The solid state drive included by Apple in the Xserve. The 128GB SSD boot drive option works at faster speeds and it also doesn’t occupy one of the three available drive bays. The new boot-drive option only needs a fraction of the power a hard disk requires and also delivers up to 48 times faster random access times, Apple said.
The Xservers also pack three 3.5 inch drive bays to support 7200 rpm SATA or 15,000 rpm SAS drives. The drive bays can be configured with up to 3TB of internal storage.
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