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My guess is that Apple will open up OS X server up to a small number of non-Mac units. They did something like that when they discontinued the Xserve RAID: http
by alextgordon 16y ago
My guess is that Apple will open up OS X server up to a small number of non-Mac units. They did something like that when they discontinued the Xserve RAID: http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/ http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/
That way they can keep their server software around without having to spend money building immediately uncompetitive hardware.
- pclark 16y agoI think there is a huge difference between a SAN and a Server OS. Specifically, I don't think Promise RAIDs do anything clever to work with XSan. (it's just a SAN with fibre?)
- zdw 16y agoThe expense on Xsan is in validating the solution for performance and correct functionality, thus why Apple only recommends using the Promise units purchased from them with specific firmware revisions.