Apple Discontinues Xserve RAID

From Macworld
Apple quietly discontinued its Xserve RAID enterprise storage product line. It disappeared from the online Apple Store shortly after the company introduced Xsan 2 this morning. Industry analysts don’t believe the discontinuation will have a negative impact on the company’s enterprise market.

“Apple generally discontinues those products that it deems to be unviable economically or do not fit within its current strategic direction,” said Tim Deal, senior analyst at Pike & Fischer. “It is clear that Apple’s strength has never rested entirely within the enterprise market, and it is important for the company to continually and dynamically evaluate the contribution of each of its products to its financial model.”

Apple struck a deal with Promise Technology to have its RAID systems qualified for use with Xsan 2, so users are not left out in the cold. Apple said the Promise product delivers on the features its customers have been asking for and it also delivers significantly greater performance.

“We decided to focus our efforts where we could add most value, with Xserve, Xsan and Leopard Server,” Apple spokesman Anuj Nayar, told Macworld.

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