Xserve (Slot Load)

Introduced: February 2003
Terminated: January 2004

Description

The Xserve (Slot Load) was a speed bump on the original.  The low-end configuration had a single 1.33Ghz processor, a 60Gb hard drive and 256Mb of RAM.  The high-end model had dual 1.33Ghz processors, 512Mb of RAM and a 180Gb hard drive.  The Xserve included Mac OS X Server 10.2 in an unlimited license version.

History

The Xserve (Slot Load) increased the processor speed of the original Xserve and added a slot-loading optical drive.

The Xserve was geared towards education and enterprise markets.  It could be used for a variety of purposes including acting as a file server, a web server in addition to clustering high-performance applications. 

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Specifications

Processor: PowerPC 7455 v3.3 (G4)
Number of Cores: 1
Processor Speed: single or dual 1.33 GHz
Benchmarks: dual 1.33 GHz: 1126
Cache: 64 KB L1, 256 KB L2, 2 MB DDR L3
System Bus: 133 MHz
Hard Drive: 60 or 180 GB 7200-rpm (2 or 8 MB disk cache)
Media: CD-ROM or Combo (DVD/CD-RW)
Rack Support: Fits EIA-310-D-compliant, industry-standard 19-inch-wide racks, including four-post racks (24 inches, 26 inches, and from 29 to 36 inches deep) and two-post telco racks (center-mount brackets included)
Weight and Dimensions (US): 26 - 31 lbs., 1.73 H x 17.6” W x 28” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 11.8 - 14.1 kg, 4.3 cm H x 44.7 cm W x 71.1 cm D
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X Server 10.2.4 (6I34) (Unlimited)
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Hardware Test: AHT (Xserve) v2.0.1
Firmware: Open Firmware
Firmware Update: None
Logicboard RAM: None
Maximum RAM: 2.0 GB
Type of RAM Slots: 4 - PC2700 DDR333 SDRAM
Minimum RAM Speed: 10 ns
Graphics Card: ATI PCI or AGP graphics card
Graphics Memory: 32 or 64 MB
Built-in Display: None
Display Connection: VGA or DVI, VGA, and S-video
Expansion Slots: 2 - PCI, 1 - PCI/AGP Combo
Expansion Bays: 4 - Apple Drive Module bays
Hard Drive Bus: 4 - Ultra ATA/133 (ATA-7)
ADM Compatibility: 60, 120, 180, 250, 400, and 500 GB
Backup Battery:—
Max Watts: 94 to 244 W
Line Voltage: 90V-264V AC
Ethernet: 1 - Built-in, 1 - PCI/AGP slot 10/100/1000BASE-T (support for jumbo frames on PCI/AGP only)
Modem: None
Serial: 1 - DB9 (RS-232)
USB: 2 - 12 MBit/s
FireWire: 2 - 800MBit/s, 1- 400 MBit/s (15W total power)
Fibre Channel: None
Audio In: None
Audio Out: None

Timeline

Introduced in February 2003, the Xserve (Slot Load) was replaced with newer models in January 2004.

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