Xserve

A small Xserve cluster with an Xserve RAID and APC UPS

The Xserve is a discontinued series of rack-mounted servers that was manufactured by Apple Inc. between 2002 and 2011. It was Apple's first rack-mounted server,[1] and could function as a file server, web server or run high-performance computing applications in clusters – a dedicated cluster Xserve, the Xserve Cluster Node, without a video card and optical drives was also available. The first Xserve had a PowerPC G4 processor, replaced by a PowerPC G5 in 2004, and by Intel Xeon processors in 2006; each was available in single-processor and dual-processor configurations. The Xserve was discontinued in 2011, and replaced with the Mac Pro Server and the Mac Mini Server.[2]

Before the Xserve, Apple's server line included the Apple Workgroup Server, Macintosh Server, and Apple Network Server.

  1. ^ "Apple serves up rack-mountable server". CNET. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Xserve Transition Guide" (PDF). November 5, 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2010.