Mountain Lion drops support for xserve 2008

kworq · JBOD Joined: 04 Jul 2012 Posts: 1

I was in the middle of acquiring components to use in a new xsan build. 2 of which are 2x 3.0Ghz xserve (2008) for MDC. But there are unconfirmed list of dropped computers in Mountain lion and they are on the list. I dont think I would build a production xsan with the brand new os/xsan 3 but if there is never the option too upgrade show I look at getting newer MDC? I looked at the mac mini but its geek bench score was lower then the 8 core 2008 xserve.

jtownsend · Xsan Master Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 74

Looks like Xserve 2008 is not supported, only 2009 is listed here:

http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

matx · Xsan Master Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 378

Use Mac Mini Server with 10.8 for your MDC controllers and then you can have 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 clients. That's what I did for a SAN I just upgraded from Xsan 1 and Xserve G5s. Upgraded what I could to 10.8, what I couldn't to 10.7 and what was to important to change at 10.6. All on the new XSAN3.

xsanguy · Xsan Master Joined: 24 Sep 2012 Posts: 78

Mac Minis can only support 8GB RAM and thus 4 volumes Sad

I miss the xServe