Re: [Fed-Talk] Xserve discontinued?
Re: [Fed-Talk] Xserve discontinued?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Xserve discontinued?
- From: Taylor Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:09:10 -0500
Blackmon Jerry (Contractor) wrote:
Pure speculation, but …
When's the last time the Mac Pro was radically redesigned, along the lines of the G4 to G5 switch? LOOOONG overdue, and I'd imagine Apple is tired of hearing stories about its pro hardware being inadequate for X task because of Y and Z. The current tower is designed with the cooling needs of the G5 processor in mind which is largely irrelevant nowadays, is it not?
So what if they were to do the below and create a box that can work equally well under a desk and, with slight modifications, also be rack mountable? Would be great for small shops that need the power of a blade server without the data center overhead, and equally great for Enterprise in that you can throw one into the data center and add whatever horsepower/storage configuration you need, all in 6U horizontal. You want a Mac Pro, what you're ordering/customizing is what kind of hardware you have inside the box; the actual form factor will be as irrelevant as it is now. Want a cheap one? Get a standard "blade." Need a real server? Customize it to the nth degree with four 12-core blades and two drive blades.
Jerry makes a very good point, but one minor nit-pick: It doesn't even
have to be a 6U case. My home server is housed in a Chenbro tower,
which has optional rack-mounting kit. It is one of the most massive
cases I've ever worked with, definitely comparable to a MacPro as far as
size goes, but only takes 5U horizontally. You could easily make a 3-4U
case with adequate cooling for a MacPro.
Taylor
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