May 16, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Computer giant Apple (Apple.com) unveiled a new 1U rack-mount server featuring increased computing power and easy to use tools.
The server, named Xserve, was designed from the ground up to complement the company’s Unix-based Mac OS X Server software.
The server features dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processors, each of which have 2MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) L3 cache. Apple also said Xserve is the first 1U server to use DDR SDRAM memory with up to 2GB capacity, and that up to 480GB of storage is available on four hot-plug ATA/100 drives. The server is also equipped with standard dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and is accompanied by an unlimited user license to Mac OS X Server software,
“Xserve is the result of listening to our customers,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Xserve is super easy to set up, and is easily integrated into existing networks. Plus, with its unlimited-user software license at no extra cost, Xserve is a tremendously cost effective server with real Unix under the hood.”
