Apple is discontinuing their Xserve line of server computers – they’ll stop selling them on January 31. Folks looking for an Apple server have two options: a Mac Pro or Mac mini running OS X Snow Leopard Server.
Given that the mini is their “most popular server platform by far”, it’s not too surprising. [Apple]
That was a very dumb move apple. As an IT manager for multiple companies there is no way I would put a desktop machine into my racks. Rack space = $$, no way I would allow 2 servers to chew the space of what could fit 12. Also you need full access to live swappable hard drives and power unless that is it does not matter tonyou I your servers have extended down time.
Mac minis are great little toys. But if you want access to large fast storage via fibre you can’t
Even software manufactures like Kerio that make high end mail server software for Mac or Parallels bare metal wil do some serious thinking over the next few months.
Apple just demonstrated they are not at all serious with enterprise. That’s fine for them as they are making all there money on iPhones and the iTunes store. But for all the enterprise companies I work with which have invested in apple will on there next role out go only pc… = pc desktops as generally there support personal support servers and end users and they will want to support only 1 platform / vender
Synopsis: damn it Apple… How hard would it have been to just put the Macpro in a rackmountable slim box.
You obviously don’t care about enterprise at all now and are putting all your effort into content distribution and the mum and dad devices that you need in order to facilitate that
It’s a sad day for any company that supports and sells Apple to the enterprise market. Which in turn is a sad day for the consumer as any high end expertise moves on and you are all left with support that is limited to teenages at the local Apple store whos hardest question that they know is how to use iMovie properly.
If i’m not wrong, I believe Snow Leopard is supported in a virtual environment. Considered that most server platforms are now virtualised in the enterprise space, the 1RU physical/bare metal server market is obselete.
matt
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 3:57 PMwon’t be long till the mac pro goes the same way.
Generic_penguin
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 5:20 PMThat was a very dumb move apple. As an IT manager for multiple companies there is no way I would put a desktop machine into my racks. Rack space = $$, no way I would allow 2 servers to chew the space of what could fit 12. Also you need full access to live swappable hard drives and power unless that is it does not matter tonyou I your servers have extended down time.
Mac minis are great little toys. But if you want access to large fast storage via fibre you can’t
Even software manufactures like Kerio that make high end mail server software for Mac or Parallels bare metal wil do some serious thinking over the next few months.
Apple just demonstrated they are not at all serious with enterprise. That’s fine for them as they are making all there money on iPhones and the iTunes store. But for all the enterprise companies I work with which have invested in apple will on there next role out go only pc… = pc desktops as generally there support personal support servers and end users and they will want to support only 1 platform / vender
Synopsis: damn it Apple… How hard would it have been to just put the Macpro in a rackmountable slim box.
You obviously don’t care about enterprise at all now and are putting all your effort into content distribution and the mum and dad devices that you need in order to facilitate that
It’s a sad day for any company that supports and sells Apple to the enterprise market. Which in turn is a sad day for the consumer as any high end expertise moves on and you are all left with support that is limited to teenages at the local Apple store whos hardest question that they know is how to use iMovie properly.
Steve
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 11:12 AMIf i’m not wrong, I believe Snow Leopard is supported in a virtual environment. Considered that most server platforms are now virtualised in the enterprise space, the 1RU physical/bare metal server market is obselete.
Daniel
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 8:47 PMBut you can only virtualise Snow Leopard on Apple branded hardware, so you are still limited to a Mac Pro or Mac Mini…
Ian Exaudi
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 1:44 AMDamn – those things are so beautiful too.
Oh well, Dell & HP will at least “work” if not look neat in a server rack.
Anthony Tam
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 3:25 PMStupid Apple probably not even using these themselves in their shiny new data centre hence their dismissal to everybody else.