New Mac XServe?

I'm thinking about technology, and the XServe looks nice. It might be able to save me some maintenance labor, and I especially like the Intel "lights-out" capability.

I'm wary of running MySQL and Apache on OS X though. In the past its run very slow for me. Furthermore, compiling special packages like Ming for php is a nightmare.

I would go for a bargain basement setup, and at $3000 its not that accessible. :-(