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What does Apple use for their servers? Do they just have a bunch of Mac Minis in racks? Or do they have Mac servers they're not willing to sell? Or do they not

What does Apple use for their servers? Do they just have a bunch of Mac Minis in racks? Or do they have Mac servers they're not willing to sell? Or do they not use Macs as servers?

beamatronic 8y ago
Custom servers from SuperMicro with absolutely NO custom Chinese military spyware chips.
saagarjha 8y ago
For their cloud and services? Linux machines, mostly.
- ardfie 8y ago
  Apple has also used AWS, Azure, and GCP in addition to their own servers.
  - wulfmann 8y ago
    OS-wise though still likely linux.
    - therein 8y ago
      It is RHEL for a fact.
therein 8y ago
They use a mixture of AWS, Azure, GCP and dedicated hardware but they all run RHEL.
woolvalley 8y ago
For mac / ios software, some teams literally do use stacks of mac minis or old laptops in a closet.