PRESS RELEASE
23 March 2004
Apple Begins Shipping Xserve G5 to Customers
CUPERTINO, California - March 23rd, 2004
Apple today announced it has begun shipping its Xserve G5, the most powerful Xserve yet, to customers. With unparalleled performance and manageability, Xserve G5 delivers over 30 gigaflops of processing power per system — about 60 percent more than the PowerPC G4-based Xserve — in a 1U rack-mount enclosure.
“Xserve G5 is a big hit with customers who want a powerful 1U rack-mount server for thousands of dollars less than alternatives from Dell, IBM and Sun”, said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With dual G5 processing power, massive storage, incredible I/O performance and Apple's Mac OS X Server software included, Xserve G5 is affordable, easy to manage and easy to cluster”.
“We chose a 64-node Xserve G5 cluster over an AMD-based cluster running Linux”, said Jonathan Cohen, director of the Centre for the Study of Brain, Mind and Behaviour at Princeton University. “Apple is known not only for the ease of use, support and innovative engineering of its products, but also for the creative spirit that it is now bringing directly to bear on the needs of high-end scientific computing. The combination of Apple's flair for innovation and standards-based open source software make Xserve G5 an easy and exciting choice”.
Apple also announces the Apple Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics, a turnkey, high-performance computing cluster that allows any scientist to configure, operate and maintain the system. The workgroup cluster solution offers outstanding price-performance with unrivalled ease of set-up and includes iNquiry, a 3rd-party bioinformatics package from The BioTeam that provides 200 ready-to-use bioinformatics applications optimised for Apple's industry-leading Xserve G5. Installation and maintenance have also been greatly simplified so little or no IT support is required.
Apple offers a choice of world-class services and support programs for Xserve including 4-hour on-site response, 24x7 technical support, AppleCare Service Parts Kits and the AppleCare Professional SupportLine and Tools programme.
Pricing & Availability
Single processor 2.0GHz Xserve G5 servers are available immediately through the Apple Store and Apple Authorised Resellers. The dual processor 2.0GHz and cluster-optimised dual 2.0GHz Xserve G5 servers will be available in April through the Apple Store and Apple Authorised Resellers. Xserve G5 comes in three standard configurations or can be fully customised to meet specific customer requirements. The three standard Xserve G5 configurations include:
“Xserve G5 is a big hit with customers who want a powerful 1U rack-mount server for thousands of dollars less than alternatives from Dell, IBM and Sun”, said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With dual G5 processing power, massive storage, incredible I/O performance and Apple's Mac OS X Server software included, Xserve G5 is affordable, easy to manage and easy to cluster”.
“We chose a 64-node Xserve G5 cluster over an AMD-based cluster running Linux”, said Jonathan Cohen, director of the Centre for the Study of Brain, Mind and Behaviour at Princeton University. “Apple is known not only for the ease of use, support and innovative engineering of its products, but also for the creative spirit that it is now bringing directly to bear on the needs of high-end scientific computing. The combination of Apple's flair for innovation and standards-based open source software make Xserve G5 an easy and exciting choice”.
Apple also announces the Apple Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics, a turnkey, high-performance computing cluster that allows any scientist to configure, operate and maintain the system. The workgroup cluster solution offers outstanding price-performance with unrivalled ease of set-up and includes iNquiry, a 3rd-party bioinformatics package from The BioTeam that provides 200 ready-to-use bioinformatics applications optimised for Apple's industry-leading Xserve G5. Installation and maintenance have also been greatly simplified so little or no IT support is required.
Apple offers a choice of world-class services and support programs for Xserve including 4-hour on-site response, 24x7 technical support, AppleCare Service Parts Kits and the AppleCare Professional SupportLine and Tools programme.
Pricing & Availability
Single processor 2.0GHz Xserve G5 servers are available immediately through the Apple Store and Apple Authorised Resellers. The dual processor 2.0GHz and cluster-optimised dual 2.0GHz Xserve G5 servers will be available in April through the Apple Store and Apple Authorised Resellers. Xserve G5 comes in three standard configurations or can be fully customised to meet specific customer requirements. The three standard Xserve G5 configurations include:
- a single 2.0GHz PowerPC G5 processor with 512MB of PC3200 ECC RAM, a single 80GB Apple Drive Module with expandability for up to 750GB, dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, and an unlimited client licence of Mac OS X Server for a suggested retail price of £2,399 (inc VAT);
- dual 2.0GHz PowerPC G5 processors with 1GB of PC3200 ECC RAM, a single 80GB Apple Drive Module with expandability for up to 750GB, dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, and an unlimited client licence of Mac OS X Server for a suggested retail price of £3,199 (inc VAT); and
- cluster-optimised dual 2.0GHz PowerPC G5 processors with 512MB of PC3200 ECC RAM, a single 80GB Apple Drive Module, dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, and a 10-client licence of Mac OS X Server for a suggested retail price that starts at £2,399 (inc VAT) per cluster node.
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