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Summary: We want rackmountable servers.

With OS X, Macs are better suited than ever for use as servers. And with
Appleseed, we can create supercomputer clusters with a maximum in ease of
use. But the hardware that's available now isn't really suited for server
use. 
A Mac takes up a lot of space in a 19" rack (4U for the PowerMacintosh G4).
Most of this space is wasted; we believe a Macintosh with all the features
essential to a server will fit into 1U of rack space. This would quadruple
the space efficiency of a Macintosh-based server farm. 
We are aware that after-market rackmount solutions exist. However, they are
not optimal because they repackage existing Macintosh models. The internals
of such a box are still desktop-oriented (with e.g. a fast graphics card,
but a slow harddisk interface). Also, these solutions end up costing a lot
more than a purpose-built Macintosh Server would, due to the repackaging
work and the components that are discarded and replaced. 

Such a Macintosh Server should include only basic graphics capabilities, but
a very fast disk subsystem and room for multiple hard disks. As for
removable disk drives, a CD-ROM would be sufficient. It could also include a
way to control multiple servers from a single keyboard, mouse and display
(and this would differentiate the Mac nicely from other servers).

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Harro de Jong