New Xserve Xeon: Details Emerge - Shipping in October

Without much fanfare, Apple has added the new Xserve to the AppleStore: Introducing the new Xserve - Quad Xeon 64-bit server.

Specifications are, as one would expect, very similar to the MacPro ones, with 2.0, 2.66 and 3.0GHz models, and even a built-in Radeon X1300; but the default model is a powered by two 2GHz Dual Core Intel Xeon 5100 processors instead of 2.66GHz Xeon for the MacPro.
The new Xserve supports both SATA and Serial attached SCSI (SAS), and sports 2 x8 wide PCI Express slots.
Unlike the MacPro, the Xserve is reported to support Up to 32GB of ECC FB-DIMM memory using pairs of 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB memory modules, while the MacPro can use only up to 2GB FB-DIMM modules. Same thing with a optional HDs ranging from 750GB 7200-rpm SATA drive to 73GB or 300GB 15,000-rpm SAS drives.
Another interesting option is the second hot-swappable power supply to connect each to a separate UPS or power circuit. In case of a outage in one circuit, the second supply takes over without a loss in service.
Xserve should ship in October, entry level price should be 3.299 Euro (All taxes included):

Two 64-bit 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
1.33GHz frontside bus and 4MB shared L2 cache per processor
1GB memory (667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM)
80GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive1
Built-in ATI Radeon X1300 graphics with 64MB RAM
Mac OS X Server 10.4 Unlimited-Client Edition

Direct link to the Xserve webpage: http://www.apple.com/xserve/
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