Comments on: Apple Revs Xsan and Kills Xserve RAID? http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/02/19/apple-revs-xsan-and-kills-xserve-raid/ Understanding the accumulation of data Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat :: Apple Customers Vent Over Ex-Xserve RAID http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/02/19/apple-revs-xsan-and-kills-xserve-raid/#comment-3041 Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat :: Apple Customers Vent Over Ex-Xserve RAID Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:01:46 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/02/19/apple-revs-xsan-and-kills-xserve-raid/#comment-3041 [...] business customers do not appear amused at the company’s exit from the enterprise storage space, but it was the quiet way that the company dumped the Xserve RAID product from their lineup that [...] [...] business customers do not appear amused at the company’s exit from the enterprise storage space, but it was the quiet way that the company dumped the Xserve RAID product from their lineup that [...]

]]> By: http://gunnison.myopenid.com/ http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/02/19/apple-revs-xsan-and-kills-xserve-raid/#comment-3025 http://gunnison.myopenid.com/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:05:17 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/02/19/apple-revs-xsan-and-kills-xserve-raid/#comment-3025 Completely agree with your comments. At the same time, this is an exciting development for a few reasons. First, Apple is placing their investments in software like XSAN and FC compatibility. It is essentially they perform up to their high standards in both of these areas to grow their server business. Second, their revenue growth is enviable due to good strategic choices and execution. As such, it is not surprising to see Apple decided against sourcing a new controller for their XRAID product. As Apple Server marketing share continues to grow, so will the list of compatible external SAN products. Of course, NAS is progressing on SAN in terms of annual shipments. And with their SMB (aka CIFS) capability they are already covered. Completely agree with your comments. At the same time, this is an exciting development for a few reasons.

First, Apple is placing their investments in software like XSAN and FC compatibility. It is essentially they perform up to their high standards in both of these areas to grow their server business.

Second, their revenue growth is enviable due to good strategic choices and execution. As such, it is not surprising to see Apple decided against sourcing a new controller for their XRAID product.

As Apple Server marketing share continues to grow, so will the list of compatible external SAN products. Of course, NAS is progressing on SAN in terms of annual shipments. And with their SMB (aka CIFS) capability they are already covered.

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