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Xserve G5

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Xserve G5 (2005)

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Overview

A year after introducing the Xserve G5, Apple boosted top speed from 2.0 to 2.3 GHz. That's a bit slower than the fastest Power Mac G5, which runs at 2.5 GHz, but there's much less room for a cooling system in the compact Xserve.

Xserve supports up to 1.2 TB of internal storage, RAID, hot swappable drives, and remote management while running Mac OS X Server.

Xserve includes an unlimited user license for Mac OS X Server.

Details

introduced 2005.01.03 at $2,999/1 CPU, $3,999/2 CPU; replaced by Xserve Xeon 2006.08.07
requires Mac OS X Server v10.3 or later
CPU: single 2.0 GHz G5 or dual 2.3 GHz
bus: 1.0/1.15 GHz
system performance: unknown
RAM: 1/2 GB standard, expandable to 8 GB using DDR400 ECC SDRAM
VRAM: 32 MB
video: optional, PCI video card adds $100, must be in upper slot
L2 cache: 512 KB on-chip L2 cache
L3 cache: none
hard drive: 80 GB 7200 RPM, 3 drive bays, Serial ATA
optical drive: slot-loading Combo drive, SuperDrive optional
2 full-length 64-bit PCI-X slots, supports 1 card @ 133 MHz or 2 @ 100 MHz
1 half-length combination PCI/4x AGP slot
one 400 Mbps FireWire port on front
two FireWire 800 ports on back
two USB 2.0 ports
one DB-9/RS-232 port
dual 10/100/1000Base-T ethernet
size (HxWxD): 1.73" x 17.6" x 28"
weight: 33.0 lbs. (15.1 kg)
PRAM battery: 3.6V half-AA
upgrade path: none yet

Accelerators & Upgrades

none yet

Online Resources

Best Xserve Deals, updated biweekly.
Apple trumps Microsoft in making the 64-bit transition transparent to users, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz, 2008.09.18. To use more than 4 GB of RAM under Windows, you need a 64-bit PC and the 64-bit version of Windows. On the Mac, OS X 10.4 and later already support it.
Apple and the enterprise: Ignoring the market or biding their time?, Leaman Crews, Plays Well with Others, 2006.02.16. Mac OS X Server, Xserve, and Xserve RAID are incredible values, but Apple is putting the focus on the consumer market. Will that change when Xserve goes Intel?
Xserve, Apple

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