It will be like this when assembling a rack mount server using 4 "Mac Pro"

We provide services such as image processing "Imgix"A company called Apple's workstation"Mac Pro"We have created a server that uses the service to streamline the image processing of its own services and reduce fixed costs.

Racking Mac Pros by imgix
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The image below is in the process of assembling the server, placing the Mac Pro in the middle into the chassis of the server on the right side.


The chassis can store four Mac Pros and already contains three Mac Pros.


A structure in which Mac Pro enters into a round hole with a shrub.


If you put four Mac PROs in the chassis, they are packed like this in this way. Heat is a concern because the Mac Pro enters the chassis without any gap, but it is said that it is designed so that waste heat can be carried out firmly.


Even if you connect a LAN cable or USB to Mac Pro, you can store the cable well. For maintenance, it is necessary to stop all four Mac Pros.


When you close the chassis lid the appearance is 4USize rack mount type server.


Details of server specifications are unknown, but main specifications of "Mac Pro" 6 core type are as follows.

· Processor: 6 cores, Intel Xeon E5 (12 MB L3 cache), up to 3.9 GHz when using Turbo Boost, can be changed to 2.7 GHz 12 core processor (30 MB L 3 cache 9) as option
·memory: 16 GB (4 GB × 4) 1866 MHz DDR 3 ECC memory, can be changed to 64 GB (16 GB × 4)
·Graphics: Dual AMD FirePro D500 graphic processor (equipped with 3GB GDDR5 VRAM), optional to dual AMD FirePro D700 (6GB GDDR5 VRAM)
·storage: 256 GB, can be changed to 1 TB by option
· External connection terminal: USB 3 x 4, dual gigabit Ethernet port

Simply by multiplying the above specification by 4, if you consider that it will be specs of this Mac Pro loaded server, the main specifications are as follows. Although there is only 4 TB of storage, as a rack-and-ment type server, the memory and the processor have become quite spec.

· Processor: Up to 2.7 GHz 12 × 4 core processor (30 MB L 3 cache 9)
·memory: Up to 256 GB (16 GB x 16)
·Graphics: Maximum dual AMD FirePro D700 (6 GB GDDR 5 VRAM each) x 4
·storage: Up to 4 TB
· External connection terminal: USB 3 x 16, dual gigabit Ethernet port x 4

When putting the server in the rack, just put it on the rail just like any other rackmount server.



When it is put in the rack, it becomes like this.


The back of the rack feels like the back of the server you see well.


LAN cables etc are beautifully organized.


Rack with server with Mac Pro installed.


from a different angle.


Before making a server using Mac Pro imgix,Mac miniI also make a server I used. In the next few years we will operate image processing services on servers using Mac Pro.