Xserve Powers iTunes Music Store

Nexum writes "MacCentral has the scoop on the entire iTunes Music Store being powered by Apple Xserves. Is this the first really big implementation of Apple's server hardware? I have to admit, that even being a big Apple fan I didn't think that the Xserve hardware would be powerful enough for the severe pounding that the iTMS must have been getting. This seems like great news for Apple being able to show that they can be a real serious force in the server arena, to which they are practically a total newcomer to." I wouldn't see any reason to doubt that hardware and Mac OS X software could handle iTMS. I mean, it's heavyweight hardware, and Unix software. Still, good to see actual examples of Xserve sites in the wild.

Re:Don't hate me because I use an Xserve.

[heXXXen]

Yes! Awesome! We aren't needed anymore! Thanks for putting us out of jobs Apple.

Re:Price of Xserve vs. Price of X86 servers

[kageryu255]

Like jo_ham said, you have to be very careful comparing Macs & Dell/Gateway/HP/etc. products. Once you spec out features to as close a level as possible, the Macs actually do come out ahead on most (not all, but definitely most) fronts.. especially with recent price slashes on the laptops and consumer lines.

As far as the XServe goes, if you break it down per-gigabyte or per-gigaflop, the prices compare very favorably. Check out the website ( http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/ [apple.com] ) for the XServe RAID box for Apple's quoted comparisons if you like.

And plus, just look at all those blinkenlights!! I've seen both an XServe + XServe Raid playing an HDTV file on a 23" Cinema display, and a small rack of XServes chugging happily away on.. well, something.. and they're quite sparkly. Mmmm, blinkenlights..

You're trying for your own switch commercial too?

[Cappy Red]

some scheme by music [pvponline.com]

"Well, we were getting all these, well, I don't know what they were. These weird screens with scary messages, and those were just the complaint emails. Then we got an Xserve, and it all changed."

[Apple logo]

"I'm AC, and I just fired my IT guy."


*honk*

Re:the scoop ??

[TheRaven64]

it says they use the xserve on the itunes site thats it. how is this a scoop ?

Because some high calliber investigative journalists at MacCentral (as site dedicate to Apple news) have managed to read a web page that has only been up for a little over a month! Impressive, huh?

Rename X-serve

[Hollinger]

I still think the thing should be called the iRaq, err... iRac.

Re:What it's running doesn't matter

[ihatewinXP]

-There are more Linux servers sold than xServes.-

Holy shit! you should like, be an editor or something, thats a real fucking scoop you came up with there. i feel bad even wasting a minute to deride you for it.

Next up: Dell sold more PC's than Apple last year. Also, stay tuned for this ground breaking expose that the Mac OS is actually easier to use and install than *nix of your choice.

Re:It's a sign of wah?

[raju1kabir]

But never fear, eventually your karma gets high enough and your user account gets old enough that you can meta-moderate all the unfair moderation.

I am a rampant abuser of M2. Since moderators like to down-moderate posts that are correct or truthful but challenging to their own personal beliefs, I negatively metamoderate positive moderations of posts that are just mindless regurgitations of the Slashdot weltanshauung. Any positively moderated post that praises the FSF: unfair. Any negatively moderated post that criticizes the FSF: fair. Any positively moderated post that is critical of capitalism or the republican form of government: unfair. Any negatively moderated post that defends the status quo: fair.

Silly kids. I've been around so long and my karma is so high that I can meta-meta-moderate, so now I'll just have to go through and find all your "unfairs" and mark them as "epistemologically vexatious" (the other categories at this rarefied level of abstract subjectivity are "neoconstructionist claptrap" and "purple").

P.S. "critical of ... the republican form of government"? What are you talking about? When's the last time someone here even addressed models of representational democracy?