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Apple updates Xsan, gets out of RAID business

Apple updates Xsan, gets out of RAID businessApple should get out of the server arenaApple should learn its lesson - stop trying to make it in the enterprise market. I do not know anyone that would buy apple hardware and Promise raid controllers and SOFTWARE SAN for their virtual...

Tags: Storage, Apple Inc., RAID, Xserver RAID, Apple Xserve, Xsan, Apple Xserve RAID, server

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

Xserve RAID Monitoring Plugin 4.8.2b3 (Mac)

LithiumCorp's Xserve RAID Monitoring Plug-in is a Device Module for our Lithium NMP network, server and appliance monitoring platform. It provides full-features monitoring of Apple Xserve RAIDs including the following key features: Drive Status Array Status Controller Status Controller Config Host interfaces Power supplies and UPS Blower modules Battery...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple Macintosh, Apple Xserve RAID, Monitoring, Plug-in, LithiumCorp, Backups

Software downloads 2007-02-05

Apple Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.5.1 (Mac)

RAID Admin is the Xserve RAID’s powerful remote management software that dramatically simplifies setup and monitoring of storage volumes. This Java-based application provides an intuitive interface for creating protected storage volumes, logging events, managing preferences, and monitoring storage hardware from virtually any networked computer over TCP/IP. Monitoring panes display detailed...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple Macintosh, Apple Xserve RAID, Administrator, Monitoring, Apple Inc., RAID Admin, Storage, RAID, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-01-23

Where are the dual core Xserves?

Where are the dual core Xserves?They need it badlyXServe badly needs any speed boost it can get. Those things are dog-slow in real-world tests, and get crushed by the alternatives.Theck out this eye-opening report:http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2520&p=5Message has been deleted.Um...no.The previous response refers to an issue with MySQL specifically. OS X has...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple Xserve RAID, Apple Mac OS X, Workgroup Manager, Apple Xserve, Apple Power Mac, dual-core, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-11-11

Additional Resources

Apple RAID Card Firmware 1.1 (Mac)

The update is recommend for all Mac Pro (Late 2006, Early 2008) and Xserve (Late 2006, Early 2008) systems with the Apple RAID card. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder and will launch automatically. Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the...

Tags: Card, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Firmware, RAID, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Apple Xsan 2.2 (Mac)

Xsan is a 64-bit cluster file system specifically designed for small and large computing environments that demand the highest level of data availability. This specialized technology enables multiple Mac desktop and Xserve systems to share RAID storage volumes over a high-speed Fibre Channel network. Each client can read and write...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Apple Inc., Xsan, Storage, RAID, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-21

Do IT pros demand Apple's new Xserve?

I posted this morning that Apple has debuted its new Xserve with Intel Nehalem processors, but I didn't give the full rundown of the product. So here's the who, what, why and how. Apple today announced an updated Xserve that it says "delivers...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Information Technology, Apple Inc., PC Magazine, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmare

Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareRE: Psystar's Thermopylae won't end Apple's clone nightmareThe legal "Phalanx" is only one of several tools that Apple is heating in the furnace of hi-tech to fight the Cloners and maintain their iron grip on quality control of their hardware, which is their major...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Thermopylae, clone nightmare

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Apple to make iPhone SDK 'roadmap' announcement next week

Apple on Wednesday mailed out its invitation to a Cupertino campus event next Thursday about its iPhone SDK. The intriguing part of the invitation is the promise of a roadmap for developers and for customers in the enterprise space. This is something different from Apple. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, SDK, Apple Inc., David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Apple updates Xsan, gets out of RAID business

Apple on Tuesday released its Xsan 2 package, a major revision to its Storage Area Networking software package. The update revamps administration tools, adds support for third-party storage and features Spotlight/Leopard Server optimizations. The new Xsan 2 tools let storage managers easily tune the Xsan 2 for...

Tags: Software, SAN, Server, Apple Inc., Xsan 2, RAID, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Hardware, Data Management, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Waiting for Leopard's iSCSI support

Scanning though Apple's server discussion boards recently, I noticed a thread on iSCSI. This technology was a hot topic last year at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco and we can expect more of the same next month. iSCSI is a standard that uses the familiar SCSI...

Tags: iSCSI, Apple Inc., Technology, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Networking, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Finding evidence of Mac life at LinuxWorld

There's not much Macintosh news at LinuxWorld San Francisco, after all, it's LinuxWorld, not the annual Macworld. However, wandering among the booths packed with integrated development environments IDE, mobile development platforms, server hardware and big storage, I was able to dig up a bit of enterprise Mac.Centrify this week released...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, RAID, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-08-09

The silent type: Apple quietly revs Mac mini

The silent type: Apple quietly revs Mac miniStill a bit over-pricedI think the first introduction of the Mac Mini at $499 was ideal. I wanted to buy one that that price. That extra $100 dollars is enough to make me turn and walk away.Price too high? maybeStill the...

Tags: RAID, Desktops, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mini

Discussion threads 2007-08-07

NetVault 7.4.5 (Mac)

Designed specifically for Apple's Xserve, Xserve RAID and Xsan product lines, BakBone's NetVault: Backup for Mac OS X offers users a familiar native Mac user interface modeled after Apple's Server Manager, and integrates easily with heterogeneous environments. The product combines everything you'd expect in a best-of-class Mac application: scalability, ease-of-use,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, BakBone NetVault, Backups

Software downloads 2007-04-27

IT lessons from MLB.com CTO Joe Choti

IT lessons from MLB.com CTO Joe ChotiI wonder what his educational background is...Simply out of curiosity.mlb.com is one of the best sites on the netIf you're into baseball. I subscribed to their audio broadcasts back when I couldn't get Dodger games on TV. When I want to see how...

Tags: RAID, Storage, Web browsers, information technology, MLB, Apple Xserve, Joe Choti

Discussion threads 2007-04-21

Apple release octo-core Mac Pro

Apple release octo-core Mac ProI've got two of those on order now!j/kVideo Editors wil love theseVideo editing software can take advantage of those extra 4 cores and can really cut down rendering times. Make it worth the extra 700 bucks over the 3GHz quad.Half the price actually248.99 -...

Tags: Corporate communications, Processors, Desktops, Apple Inc., sata 750gb 248.99, quad-core, video

Discussion threads 2007-04-04

Most Recent Apple Articles 1.0 (Mac)

This pack contains 15 Dashboard Widgets for most popular Apple Products: Mac OS X, iPod, iTunes, Final Cut Studio, QuickTime, Compressor, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, Xserve/RAID, iPhoto, iMovie, Soundtrack, MacBook, iBook and iMac. You choice...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Pedro Alvera, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Digital Music, Notebooks, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Personal Technology, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2006-12-27

Xserve Xeon, Thumper, and Apple's Market position

Xserve Xeon, Thumper, and Apple's Market positionyes they had choicesFreescale, PA Semi ... and the outlier: SPARCWow ...Talk about smoke and mirrors ...But still, did Apple really have a choice, but to move to Intel? If not, then why complain about it?Careful Murph, you don't want to go against the...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Servers, Operating systems, Using AMD, Apple Inc., Apple Xserve

Discussion threads 2006-11-06

Xserve Xeon, Thumper, and Apple's Market position

When Apple's Xserve first came out it stood head and shoulders over the competition on every measure applicable in its markets - markets that were defined by the entertainment, education, and pre-press industries and therefore rewarded extensive optimization for image and streams processing. Thus Apple's Xserve was the first machine...

Tags: General, Apple

Blog posts 2006-11-06

Fix in for Apple flaw

Fix in for Apple flawFix in for Apple flawI'm still trying to figure out how I can "get a mac and be done with it" if it keeps requiring patches. Looks like the Apple users are not done with it.Okay...Okay, so after I complained about ZDNet posting a [b]headline[/b] article...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Xsan, operating system, flaw, Apple Macintosh, storage

Discussion threads 2006-08-18