#xserve
Celebrating the Apple Xserve G5! 
Its innovative features and exceptional performance make it a top choice - the System X (aka Big Mac :)) Cluster of Xserve at Virginia Tech even made Top 10 of the supercomputer list in 2004.
Believe it or not, all of these #Xserve and #XRAID bits are still available. Pick one or pick them all. Cover the shipping and they could be yours.
https://mastodon.social/@splorp/113227827994142432
It’s #RetroComputing Get Rid of Some Goodies Monday!
Anyone need service parts for an #Xserve G5, Xserve Xeon (early 2009), or #XRAID?
I have a set of new, in box parts* including the logic board, fan array, and power supply for each Xserve, plus the controller and cooling modules for the XRAID.
I’m willing to let these go for the cost of shipping from western Canada.
* Items are unused, in the original packaging, but everything has been opened for inspection at some point.
@mvilain That depends greatly on what ypu’re doing with that old Mac Pro.
Given the budget, probably an incremental migration of services from that Mac Pro or #Xserve to Synology, where Synology supports the needed add-on services.
I’ve done similar migrations. For those, Synology and #Ubiquiti together can provide most (all?) needed network services.
Past that, I’ve used a mix of other network and server giblets. Ghe occasional OpenVMS server too, in the before times.
For an app needing a small back-end, I’ve implemented my own, built back-end platforms, and would now look at using Parse Platform or similar.
Haven’t used Synology containers or VM guests as yet, but what I’ve already used as worked as expected.
Hacker News Kernel developer write a USB driver in 3h for Apple Xserve front-panel [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXBC85SGC0Q
#ycombinator #linux #t2sde #intel #apple #xserve #kernel #driver #usb #front #panel #rack #meter #xeon #powermac #powerpc #macintosh #mac #macos #xserve_frontpanel #led #write #code
Welp, I just pulled some old bags from the basement to clean, among which was the old #Targus computer bag my gramma gave me.
How long has it been since I used it?
There was a Hertz rental paper map of San Jose, CA from when #Apple flew me out to talk about the #XServe, a phone cable and a PCMCIA Wifi expansion card (for my #NewtonMessagePad) a F3 key from a clamshell #iBook and some paper clips.
Still an awesome bag, it’s just HUGE.
Can I just get excited about the most stupid #ClassicMac thing I've done in a while?
Behold, my 2008 #Apple #Xserve 2,1 running OS X Ventura 13.3.x, with an RX480 connected via an eGPU plugged into a Titan Ridge Thunderbolt Card?
I had to modify my own .aml file and tweak the Open Core Legacy patcher to get things to work...
I am very happy.
Using #NetBoot and #DeployStudio to erase and decommission 2012 #iMacs — and I'm reminded of what a reliable and pleasant experience it is.
Once these are all gone this lone #Xserve will be shown the same fate. 
#MacAdmin