Apple Upgrades G5 Servers, Releases Xsan Storage System and Reduces Cinema Display Prices

The Xserve G5 1U rack optimized server now has dual 64-bit 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 processors with over 35 gigaflops of processing power per system and the industry’s fastest front side 1U server system bus, running at up to 1.15 GHz, providing up to 9.2 GBps of bandwidth per processor. The Xserve G5 comes with up to three 400GB drives, achieving a groundbreaking 1.2TB of hot-plug storage. Configurations start at $2,999.

Apple's Xsan is a high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system. It is priced at the industry’s most aggressive price point of $999 per client and per server. Xsan combines breakthrough performance with Apple’s legendary ease of use for customers who require scalable, high-speed access to centralized shared data for storage consolidation and workflow in video post production, data center, broadcast and high performance computing environments.

The new prices for Apple's aluminum flat-panel Cinema Displays are $999 for the 20", $1,799 for the 23" and $2,999 for the 30" models. [Bill Fox]