Editing Xserve (section)

{{short description|Apple rack-mounted server}}
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[[Image:Xserve cluster NASA.jpg|thumb|A small Xserve cluster with an [[Xserve RAID]] and [[APC by Schneider Electric|APC]] [[Uninterruptible power supply|UPS]]]]

The '''Xserve''' is a discontinued series of [[rack unit|rack-mounted]] [[server (computing)|server]]s that was manufactured by [[Apple Inc.]] between 2002 and 2011. It was Apple's first rack-mounted server,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple serves up rack-mountable server |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/apple-serves-up-rack-mountable-server/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> and could function as a [[file server]], [[web server]] or run [[high-performance computing]] applications in [[cluster (computing)|clusters]] – a dedicated cluster Xserve, the Xserve Cluster Node, without a video card and optical drives was also available. The first Xserve had a {{nowrap|[[PowerPC G4]]}} processor, replaced by a {{nowrap|[[PowerPC 970|PowerPC G5]]}} in 2004, and by Intel [[Xeon]] processors in 2006; each was available in single-processor and dual-processor configurations. The Xserve was discontinued in 2011, and replaced with the [[Mac Pro#Mac Pro Server|Mac Pro Server]] and the [[Mac Mini#Server|Mac Mini Server]].<ref name="xserve discontinue pdf">{{cite web |url=https://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/L422277A_Xserve_Guide.pdf |title=Xserve Transition Guide |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=November 5, 2010 |archive-date=November 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105222306/http://images.apple.com/xserve/pdf/L422277A_Xserve_Guide.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Before the Xserve, Apple's server line included the [[Apple Workgroup Server|Apple Workgroup Server, Macintosh Server]], and [[Apple Network Server]].