[Macworld]

Post your comments for Apple updates Xserve with Nehalem Xeon processors here

[wolfneuralnet]

"To further protect your data, Apple also includes a A 72-hour backup battery with the latest Xserve."
This reads like there is a 3 day battery for the XServe itself. If it is like the last generation, that battery is for the RAID card only.

[tfrogh]

BUT DID THEY MAKE IT QUIET???
SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO SHOUT TO BE HEARD OVER MY CURRENT XSERVE!!!
Tom

[demani]

Correct- it is just a RAID card battery (the integrated battery thing would have been very cool- even just a 1 hour one. Also, there are actually two models- the 8 core unit has 12 RAM slots (potentially at least 48GB of RAM, possibly 96 or 192 given other machines with similar chipsets).
The SSD drive is a nice option, though I wonder if its going to hold up (some bad reports out there about performance degradation).

[Jarmo]

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{quote:title=demani wrote:} the 8 core unit has 12 RAM slots (potentially at least 48GB of RAM, possibly 96 or 192 given other machines with similar chipsets){quote}.

OSX only supports 32BG for now, if you need more you'll need Linux or Vista for the Xserve OS. This'll probably change soon though.

[Slartibartfast]

Actually, "Mac OS X Server now supports 64-bit memory addressing, making it possible to run applications with data sets that require more than 4GB of memory."
Source: http://www.apple.com...logy/64bit.html
64-bit memory addressing means that Mac OS X Server can address 2^64 bits or 2EB (exabytes) of RAM as the theoretical maximum. If a limitation exists for any specific Apple computer system it is usually a hardware limitation and not the OS itself (e.g. the memory controller may only address 2^32 bit or 4GB).

[stephenrea]

A rack mounted server is intended to go into an isolated rack room, where the air conditioning is usually louder than any individual server. Not to mentions the backup servers and cooling fans.

The blowers in the Xserve are indented to keep the machine cool.

I'd rather loud than failed.

[tms]

While I am a fan of the hardware upgrade, I won't buy one at the moment, what with the likely release of 10.6 looming. I'll wait a few months to make sure I get the new software.