Xserve (Early 2008)

Essentials

Family: Servers

Codename: ?

Gestalt ID: 406

Minimum OS: 10.5.1

Maximum OS: 10.7.5

Introduced: January 2008

Terminated: April 2009

Processor

CPU: Intel Xeon 5400 Series ("Harpertown")

CPU Speed: 2.8 GHz (quad-core)

CPU Cores: 4 (2 dies, 2 cores each)

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 64-bit

Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 6 MB per-die (12 MB total)

ROM: EFI

RAM Type: DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 800 MHz

Onboard RAM: 0 MB

RAM slots: 8

Maximum RAM: 32.0 GB

Expansion Slots: 1 6.6" configurable x8 PCI Express 2.0 or 133MHz PCI-X, 1 9.25" x16 PCI Express 2.0

Video

GPU: ATI Radeon X1300

VRAM: 64 MB

Video Out: mini-DVI

Storage

Hard Drive: 80 GB 7200 RPM (3 hot-pluggable bays, up to 3 TB)

ATA Bus: 3x Serial ATA

Optical Drive: 8x SuperDrive

Input/Output

USB: 3 2.0: 2 on back panel, 1 on front panel

Serial: DB-9

Firewire800: 2

Speaker: mono

Networking

Ethernet: 2x 10/100/1000Base-T

Miscellaneous

Power: 750 Watts

Dimensions: 1.73" H x 17.6" W x 30" D

Weight: 31.7 lbs.

Announced in January 2008, the Xserve (Early 2008) replaced the Xserve (Late 2006). It shipped in a single, highly customizable model, with a base price of $2999. BTO options included dual quad-core 2.8GHz or 3.0 GHz processors, up to 3 TB of storage via three hot-swappable bays, 32 GB of RAM via 8 slots, a Dual-Channel Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express card, Dual- and Quad-Channel 4 Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express cards, a Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI PCI-X card, and an Xserve RAID card.

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Apple, Inc.