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Xserve getting tread down on the farm
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
November 27th 2002
Clear Channel and others are discovering Apple's rackmount servers
Yahoo News is carrying a story detailing why hosting companies are adding Apple's
Xserve to their server farms.
Among others Clear Channel Worldwide -- an advertising, broadcasting and entertainment
behemoth -- plans to add 40 Xserves before year's end. This move comes in part because
companies such as Sybase and Oracle are offering enterprise-class software for the
platform.
Hardware, software reliability
A factor that previously hamstrung Apple's efforts to penetrate the enterprise may now
be an asset -- the tight hardware/software integration that's built into every Xserve
is an appealing selling point for corporate buyers.
"There are very few platforms where the operating system and the hardware are created
in one organization," one analyst is quoted as saying in the article. "With the
conjoinment of [its] operating system and hardware, we see a much more complete form
of support and service because there's a single point of accountability."
FreeBSD underpinnings and an industry-leading GUI, as well as enterprise-class support
from Apple makes the Xserve a highly attractive package overall. Further, with
super-crunchy I/O performance and rock-solid stability, it's a matter of some wonder
corporate switchers aren't more numerous.
Do you have a Xserve "switch" story to tell?
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