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Sadly, this is the one piece of the operation about which there doesn't seem to be a flood of rumors, let-alone informed ones. Being Apple, could they possible
by FluidDjango 16y ago
Sadly, this is the one piece of the operation about which there doesn't seem to be a flood of rumors, let-alone informed ones.
Being Apple, could they possible have a joint announcement planned for both the facility and for a total makeover of XServe line (emphasizing GreenPower, price-wise farm-suitable servers). Would it not be embarrassing for Apple to stock the place with a non-Apple product? At the same time, would it not be absurd to risk the success of a data center this size on an (relatively) inefficient, second-rate hardware config?
Either way, it should be an opportunity for a huge Apple PR event.
- robgough 16y agoFingers crossed, though I rather suspect they will keep this schtum (especially if they've gone non-apple). Alternatively, I might just be full of Mac Mini Server boxes — but I wouldn't bet on it.
- ugh 16y agoGruber seems to believe that they are most certainly not using Xserves: “You don’t think Apple is filling that North Carolina data center with Xserves, do you?” (http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/10/22/gosling-java-mac-os-x http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/10/22/gosling-java-mac...) He, however, doesn’t indicate whether that’s speculation or whether he has sources.
- sudont 16y agoAnother question would be to the OS on the servers. Darwin running headless, maybe?
- rahoulb 16y agoWhen James Gosling was moaning about Apple deprecating their JVM he mentioned that Apple's WebObjects stuff was actually running on Sun hardware. http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/steve_jobs_comments_on_apple http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/steve_jobs_comments_o...