PRESS RELEASE 14 May 2002

Apple Introduces Xserve 1U Rack-Mount Server

New Server Delivers Multiprocessing, Large Storage & Fast Networking

CUPERTINO, California - May 14th, 2002
Apple today introduced Xserve, a powerful 1U rack-mount server designed with Apple’s legendary ease-of-use for groundbreakingly simple set up and remote management. Designed from the ground up as the perfect complement to Apple’s UNIX-based Mac OS X Server software, Xserve is ideal for business and education customers.
Xserve provides exceptional performance in a compact 1U rack-mount server.Its dual 1GHz PowerPC G4 processors each have 2MB of Double Data Rate (DDR)L3 cache and Xserve is the first 1U server to use DDR SDRAM memory with upto 2GB capacity. Xserve offers best-in-class storage, with up to 480GB onfour hot-plug ATA/100 drives and best-in-class networking with standarddual Gigabit Ethernet ports. Xserve includes an unlimited user licence toMac OS X Server software, offering users a perfect combination forfile/print service, video streaming, database applications, computationalclustering and Web and mail serving.
“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 licence at no extra cost, Xserve is a tremendously cost effective server with real UNIX under the hood”.
“We saw Xserve and were blown away. We are adding 40 new servers before the end of the year, and Xserve is perfect for our outdoor creative and mediaproduction needs”, said Joe Shannon, Clear Channel Worldwide’s CTO. “As the global leader in outdoor advertising, radio broadcasting and liveentertainment, Clear Channel will be using Xserve to satisfy our demandingnetwork requirements”.
“Apple’s powerful new Xserve rack-mount workgroup server solution combined with Apple’s UNIX-based Mac OS X Server software is a superior platform for Oracle9i Database”, said Michael Rocha, senior vice president, Product Services and Platform Technologies, Oracle Corp. “Oracle’s leading database clustering technology, Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, running on Xserve will deliver enterprise-class solutions to our joint customers and create new opportunities for both companies”.
Xserve is perfect for I/O intensive applications such as digital video,high-resolution digital imagery and large scientific datasets. With capacityand performance rivalling much more expensive servers from Dell, HP, IBM andSun, Xserve delivers high-speed networking, 15 gigaflops of computationalpower and nearly a half terabyte of hot-plug storage. With four independentATA/100 drive channels, Xserve offers nearly double the performance of other1U servers that utilise more expensive Ultra3 SCSI drives.
Xserve features several new capabilities designed to make server set up andremote management easier than ever before. Server Admin(TM), a powerful newservices monitoring and remote management tool, allows administrators toeasily set up and manage all key Mac OS X Server network services remotely.Server Monitor, a powerful new hardware monitoring tool, allows systemadministrators to remotely monitor one or many servers, get detailedsubsystem views instantly, produce reports and receive system notificationalerts via text capable email, pager, mobile phones or PDAs.
Apple is offering a choice of world-class services and support programmesincluding 4-hour on-site response, 24x7 technical support, AppleCare ServiceParts Kits and the AppleCare Professional SupportLine programme.
Additional Xserve features include:
  • single or dual 1GHz PowerPC G4 processors;
  • 2MB DDR L3 cache per processor;
  • three PCI slots, two of which are 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI slots for highperformance I/O - the fastest ever in a Mac;
  • up to 2GB of DDR high-performance memory running at 266MHz - the firstDDR main memory in a Mac;
  • software RAID mirroring for protection of important data and RAIDstriping for additional performance;
  • a VGA graphics card that supports headless booting and enables easyconnectivity to industry-standard cross-platform devices;
  • an optional AGP 4X graphics card to connect displays, keyboards and amouse for “Mac-in-a-rack” solutions;
  • three 400Mbps FireWire ports with two accessible on the back panel andone on the front panel for quick access;
  • two USB ports, one DB-9 serial console port and an optional Ultra3 SCSIcard for connecting to external storage and backup devices;
  • an optional fibre Gigabit Ethernet adaptor;
  • Mac OS X Server software featuring QuickTime Streaming Server,WebObjects and the latest advancements from the Open Source community suchas Apache, Samba, PHP, MySQL and Tomcat; and
  • Native protocol support for AFP over TCP/IP, SMB/CIFS, FTP and NFSenables easy integration into existing Mac, UNIX or Windows networks.

Pricing & Availability:
Xserve will be available in the UK in June 2002. Customers can placeorders beginning today through the Apple Store, by calling 0800 039 1010 and through Apple Authorised Resellers. Xserve will come in two standard configurations, or can be fully customised to meet specific customer requirements. The two standard configurations are:
  • single 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 256MB DDR RAM, 60GB ATA/100 AppleDrive Module, dual Gigabit Ethernet, CD-ROM and Mac OS X Server withunlimited clients for a suggested selling price of £2,212 ex VAT (£2,599 inc VAT); and
  • dual 1GHz PowerPC G4 processors, 512MB DDR RAM, 60GB ATA/100 Apple DriveModule, dual Gigabit Ethernet, CD-ROM and Mac OS X Server with unlimitedclients for a suggested selling price of £2,978 ex VAT (£3,499 inc VAT).

Apple today also previewed its new high-performance RAID storage productfeaturing industry-standard 2GB Fibre Channel, which will be introducedlater this year.
 
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