A report from 9to5mac earlier this week suggested that Apple started recommending a product from company Active Storage to customers in the Xserve, which as you may remember will be officially discontinued on January 31st. Indeed, shipping status on Apple.com for the Xserves indicates that orders will be shipped on April – likely the last units that are being sold these days.
In the meantime, a teaser page on Active Storage’s website features a countdown to a new product that will be launched on Monday. As noted by MacRumors, the teaser device (covered by black cloth) looks like a rackmountable unit:
The teaser image appears to show a rackmountable hardware unit, seemingly in a 2U form factor, covered with a black cloth. While the company has released no other information about the forthcoming product, it does appear as though Active Storage is preparing to fill the void left by the Xserve’s discontinuation, quite possibly with Apple’s blessing and assistance.
Active Storage was founded by Apple employees that left the company in 2008. It is unclear what kind of support will Apple give Active Storage in recommending the product to its existing customers, but at this point we guess Active Storage will provide more details next week.
