Apple Xserve review
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Verdict
Sporting the latest 5500 Xeons, the Xserve delivers Apple's legendary build quality and design with the added bonus of unlimited licences.
Review Date: 6 May 2009
Reviewed By: Dave Mitchell
Price when reviewed: £3,999 (£4,599 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
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| Details | |
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| Part Code | Xserve |
| Review Date | 6 May 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £3,999 |
| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 1yr on-site |
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| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Server format | Rack |
| Server configuration | 1U |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | Intel Xeon |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.26GHz |
| Processors supplied | 2 |
| CPU socket count | 2 |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| RAM capacity | 32GB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
|---|---|
| Hard disk configuration | 3 x Western Digital RE3 SATA hard disks |
| Total hard disk capacity | 3,000 |
| RAID module | Apple Xserve RAID |
| RAID levels supported | 0, 1, 10, 5 |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Gigabit LAN ports | 2 |
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| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Conventional PCI slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x16 slots total | 2 |
| PCI-E x8 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x4 slots total | 0 |
| PCI-E x1 slots total | 0 |
| Power supply | |
|---|---|
| Power supply rating | 750W |
| Noise and power | |
|---|---|
| Idle power consumption | 225W |
| Peak power consumption | 372W |
| Software | |
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| OS family | Mac OS X |
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