Xserve

• Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor and an integrated memory controller.
• The new Xserve delivers 89 percent better performance per watt and eliminates many toxins such as PVC and BFRs.
• An ultra-efficient 128GB solid-state boot drive option, up to 3TB of internal storage, and RAID 5 support give the new Xserve industry-leading storage capability.
• Xserve provides everything you need to serve Mac, Windows, and Linux clients, right out of the box.

Introducing the fastest, most energy-efficient Xserve ever.

Only Apple can deliver a tightly integrated hardware and software solution that’s so powerful and easy to set up and use. No extra hardware or software is required for Xserve. Everything you need is already in the box.

Inside, you’ll find quick-deployment rails for fast and easy installation and deployment. The rail design supports a wide variety of four-post racks and cabinets, letting you use Xserve with existing gear. The system information card on the back provides all the server’s vital statistics — on a flexible card that you can easily read no matter where the unit is installed in your rack. And Xserve includes a USB port on the front panel, making it easy to connect a USB keyboard, mouse, or mass storage device.

Introducing Intel Xeon “Nehalem.”
Many quad-core processors are composed of two separate dies, which means some cached data has to travel outside the processor to get from core to core. That’s an inefficient way to access information. Enter the Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor. Its single-die, 64-bit architecture makes 8MB of fully shared L3 cache readily available to each of the four processor cores. The result is fast access to cache data, reduced traffic between processors, and greater application performance. Combine that with the other technological advances and you get an Xserve that’s up to 2x faster than the previous generation.

More I/O bandwidth.
The new Xserve delivers up to 2x the I/O bandwidth of the previous generation via two 16-lane (x16) wide PCI Express 2.0 expansion slots. Because the slots are independent, bandwidth isn’t shared between them. So you get all the bandwidth you need for the latest I/O cards, including 10Gb Ethernet and multiport 4Gb Fibre Channel cards.

Turbo Boost technology.
The new Xserve introduces Turbo Boost: a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload. If you’re running an application that doesn’t need every core, Turbo Boost shuts off the idle cores while simultaneously increasing the speed of the active ones. That means a 2.93GHz system can perform at up to 3.33GHz under dynamic workloads.