Computing News

Apple Begins Shipping Xserve G5 Systems
Tuesday, March 23 @ 09:00:00 PST

Apple today announced it has begun shipping its Xserve G5, the most
powerful Xserve yet, to customers.
With unparalleled performance and manageability, Xserve G5 delivers over 30
gigaflops of processing power per system—about 60 percent more than the
PowerPC G4-based Xserve—in a 1U rack-mount enclosure.

“Xserve G5 is a big hit with customers who want a powerful 1U rack-mount
server for thousands of dollars less than alternatives from Dell, IBM and
Sun,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide
Product Marketing. “With dual G5 processing power, massive storage,
incredible I/O performance and Apple’s Mac OS X Server software included,
Xserve G5 is affordable, easy to manage and easy to cluster.”

“We chose a 64-node Xserve G5 cluster over an AMD-based cluster running
Linux,” said Jonathan Cohen, director of the Center for the Study of Brain,
Mind and Behavior at Princeton University. “Apple is known not only for the
ease of use, support and innovative engineering of its products, but also
for the creative spirit that it is now bringing directly to bear on the
needs of high-end scientific computing. The combination of Apple’s flair
for innovation and standards-based open source software make Xserve G5 an
easy and exciting choice.”

Apple has also introduced the Apple Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics, a
turnkey, high-performance computing cluster that allows any scientist to
configure, operate and maintain the system. The workgroup cluster solution
offers outstanding price-performance with unrivaled ease of setup and
includes iNquiry, a 3rd-party bioinformatics package from The BioTeam that
provides 200 ready-to-use bioinformatics applications optimized for Apple’s
industry-leading Xserve G5. Installation and maintenance have also been
greatly simplified so little or no IT support is required.

Apple offers a choice of world-class services and support programs for
Xserve including 4-hour on-site response, 24x7 technical support, AppleCare
Service Parts Kits and the AppleCare Professional SupportLine and Tools
program.

Pricing & Availability
Single processor 2.0 GHz Xserve G5 servers are available immediately
through the Apple Store (http://www.apple.com/) and Apple Authorized
Resellers. The dual processor 2.0 GHz and cluster-optimized dual 2.0 GHz
Xserve G5 servers will be available in April through the Apple Store
(http://www.apple.com/) and Apple Authorized Resellers. Xserve G5 comes in
three standard configurations or can be fully customized to meet specific
customer requirements.The three standard Xserve G5 configurations include:


A single 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processor with 512MB of PC3200 ECC RAM, a
single 80GB Apple Drive Module with expandability for up to 750GB, dual
Gigabit Ethernet on-board, FireWire® 800 and USB 2.0, and an unlimited
client license of Mac® OS X Server for a suggested retail price of $2,999
(US);

Dual 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processors with 1GB of PC3200 ECC RAM, a single
80GB Apple Drive Module with expandability for up to 750GB, dual Gigabit
Ethernet on-board, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, and an unlimited client
license of Mac OS X Server for a suggested retail price of $3,999 (US);

A cluster-optimized dual 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processors with 512MB of PC3200
ECC RAM, a single 80GB Apple Drive Module, dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board,
FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, and a 10-client license of Mac OS X Server for a
suggested retail price that starts at $2,999 (US) per cluster node.



BINNEH S MINTEH
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

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