01.04.2009 15:05 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Apple Is Preparing its New Xserves Based on Nehalem

According to AppleInsider, Apple might be preparing to refresh its Xserve models with Nehalem-based units. On a purely technical point of view, there is not barrier to such release, as the Nehalem Xeon are TDP compatible with those found in Xserve, however, the motherboard will be dramatically different than the one found in the Mac Pro.To be successful, Apple should install 6 RAM module banks per processor, so enough to currently reach 192 GB of RAM. It could also be useful to increase the number of HD bays and not remain limited to 3. Several server manufacturers have now replaced the 3.5" HD format to 2.53 HD in their models as performance level are very similar but power consumption is dramatically down.However, it remains only hypothesis, and one should not forget that the Xserve was celebrated when it was powered by the IBM G5 and installed in cluster farms.

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