Apple’s Xserve product lineup received a booster shot today with the announcement that Intel’s latest “Nehalem” Xeon processors would now be available in the sleek 1U servers. According to Apple, the latest servers can deliver up to 89 percent performance improvement per watt over previous generations of the Xserve.

The new Xserve systems include Intel Xeon processors clocked at speeds up to 2.93 GHz – each of which feature an integrated memory controller with three channels of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory. Other features include a 128GB SSD boot-drive option (for increased  power efficiency and faster access times), three 3.5 inch drive bays for up to 3TB of internal storage, two PCI Express 2.0 x 16 slots, and a 72 hour battery backup for “enhanced data protection.”

The standard configuration of the Xserve priced at $2,999 features:

• a single 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Xeon 5500 series processor with 8MB of fully shared L3 cache;
• 3GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM;
• a single 160GB 7200 rpm SATA Apple Drive Module;
• dual Gigabit Ethernet on-board;
• two PCI Express 2.0 x16 expansion slots;
• Bonjour®-enabled Lights-Out Management processor and Server Monitor Software;
• internal graphics with Mini DisplayPort output;
• two FireWire® 800 and three USB 2.0 ports; and
• an unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard.

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