What is Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server? Exactly what you’d expect — a Mac mini specifically designed tobe a server with Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server preinstalled. Instead of a SuperDrive, there are two 500GB hard drives that give you all the power and storage you need to help your group work more efficiently than ever.

What can it do for you? Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server is designed to help you communicate, collaborate, and share information. It’s perfect for any small business or group — retail shops, doctor and law offices, classrooms, design studios — you name it. Now you can have your own server that supports email on Mac computers, PCs, and iPhone. Sync and share calendars and contact information. Access and swap files securely, and at lightning speed, between Mac computers and PCs. Easily create full-featured wikis and high-quality podcasts. And automatically back up all your important data.

Add as many people as you want. Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server lets you add an unlimited number of Mac and PC users without per-user licensing fees. So you can grow your business without growing your costs. And you get amazing hardware and software that are ready to go, right out of the box, for less than the cost of most server software alone.

Based on the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors with 8MB of fully shared L3 cache, an integrated memory controller, and up to 12 DIMM slots of fast 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory, the all-new Xserve architecture delivers up to twice the performance1 and up to 89 percent greater performance per watt over the previous generation.3 The perfect server for demanding workloads, Xserve offers massive internal storage and expansion options. A new 128GB solid-state boot drive option uses a fraction of the power of a spinning disk and provides up to 48x faster random-access speeds—while freeing up internal drive bays for up to 3TB of hardware RAID storage using SATA or SAS drives.2 And the Bonjour-enabled lights-out management controller allows remote monitoring and power control from anywhere on the network.

Xserve includes an unlimited-client license of Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard Server: a powerful, easy-to-use, UNIX-compliant server operating system. Over 250 innovative features—including Podcast Producer, a complete, end-to-end solution for encoding, publishing, and distributing high-quality podcasts; Wiki Server, for wiki-powered intranet websites that allow teams to create and collaborate with ease; and iCal Server, the world’s first commercial CalDAV standards-based calendar server—make Xserve the ideal server for Mac and mixed-client workgroups in education, business, and creative markets.

Key Features
• Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors with 8MB fully shared L3 cache, up to 2.93GHz
• Integrated memory controller with up to 12 DIMM slots of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory
• 128GB solid-state boot drive option
• Three drive bays supporting SATA or SAS drive modules for up to 3TB of internal storage
• Optional hardware RAID card with 512MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup
• Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 expansion slots
• Integrated remote lights-out management with Bonjour support
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics with Mini DisplayPort output
• Redundant power supply option
• Mac OS X Server v10.6 Unlimited-Client Edition included

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