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The new Xserve, a quad Xeon, 64-bit server featuring Mac OS X Server Tiger
on two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz, resulting in
performance that is over five times that of its predecessor.* With an
industry-leading high bandwidth server architecture that includes PCI
Express, independent 1.33 GHz front side buses with 4MB of shared L2 cache,
and fully-buffered DIMMs (FB-DIMMs), the new Xserve delivers up to four
times the I/O bandwidth, up to three times the memory bandwidth and twice
the storage bandwidth of the Xserve G5. The new Xserve is Apple¹s most
customizable server yet with dozens of options, including faster processors,
larger hard drives and dual power supplies. With over one million possible
build to order configurations, the Intel-based Xserve delivers unbeatable
flexibility, manageability and price performance that make it ideal for
everything from creative workgroups to scientific computing.

Xserve has always been the perfect server for Mac workgroups and now it
will run over five times faster for the same breakthrough price,² said
Philip Schiller, Apple¹s senior vice president of Worldwide Product
Marketing. ³With new Intel processors, a redesigned hardware architecture,
and an unlimited Tiger Server client access license, no one can offer better
price performance and manageability in a 1U server.

Configurable with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running either 2.0,
2.66 or 3.0 GHz, the new Xserve supports up to 32GB of 667 MHz DDR2 ECC
FB-DIMM memory with twice the capacity and three times the bandwidth of the
Xserve G5. Two eight-lane PCI Express expansion slots provide up to 2GB/s of
throughput each to support the next generation of fibre channel, networking
and graphics cards. Apple delivers industry-leading storage flexibility with
support for up to three 3Gb/s SATA or SAS drives that can achieve an
unrivaled 2.25TB of hot-plug storage in a 1U server while advanced thermal
management capabilities take advantage of the low power of the Intel
processors, running as low as 65W.

Apple has made the system even easier to manage with quick deployment rails
for rack mounting, a new lights out management system that lets
administrators control the hardware from a remote location and by including
Apple¹s Server Monitor software and Remote Desktop agent.

The new Xserve ships with internal graphics that can drive up to a 23 inch
Cinema Display as well as industry standard VGA devices and offers an ATI
Radeon X1300 256MB PCI Express graphics card for professional graphics and
video applications as a build to order option.

The Intel-based Xserve will be the first system to ship with a preinstalled
unlimited client edition of Tiger Server software that is optimized to run
on Intel-based systems. Tiger Server integrates over 100 leading open source
projects and standards-based software applications with easy-to-use
management tools that make it easy to deploy for Mac, Windows and Linux
clients.

Apple offers a choice of world-class services and support programs for
Xserve including AppleCare Premium Service that offers four-hour on-site
response and 24x7 technical support. For self servicing customers, Apple
offers complete Service Parts Kits to address the majority of potential
field problems.