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Does MatrixStore run on the new quad core Intel Xeon Xserves?
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Inappropriate?In short yes.
As MatrixStore runs on top of Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.x) the software is abstracted from the underlying hardware changes.
The new Xserves announced yesterday will only improve MatrixStore performance and open up possibilities for allowing mulitple Xserve RAID arrays to be managed by a single Xserve server.
Organisations who have the previous Intel Xserves can migrate those older servers into the MatrixStore archive and take advantage of these nice shiny new Xserves by introducing them into the business end of their workflow..
Reduce, Re-use, Re-cycle (Thanks Bob)
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Inappropriate?Interestingly, the new Xserves come with optional raid controller hardware devices - these can be battery backed-up, making for a potentially reliable and fast storage device for up to 3TB. Xserve 8 core...wow! Once again Apple are putting Xserves at the forefront.
Some bumph about the hardware RAID option:
"Coupled with two or more hard drives, the Xserve RAID Card offers improved performance and data protection to your Xserve system - up to 318MB/s in RAID 0 and 198MB/s in RAID 5 of sequential read performance. This hardware RAID option supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and Enhanced JBOD and has 256MB of cache. And it features an integrated 72-hour battery backup for protecting the RAID cache. The card replaces the built-in SATA/SAS controller and does not use a PCI Express slot.
Raid 5 requires 3 disk drives.
Protection and performance; can survive a single disk failure; efficient capacity utilization
The Xserve RAID Card supports the creation of multiple RAID sets in a system and multiple volumes per RAID set. For optimal disk utilization in a RAID set, all hard drives should be the same size and must be the same type (SATA or SAS). Your Xserve system ships with each hard drive individually configured as an Enhanced JBOD drive with the bootable operating system installed on the first drive. Using Apple's RAID Utility software, you can migrate the boot drive into a RAID set without reinstalling or reformatting the drive, or you can customize your RAID volumes to your exact requirements."
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