Blade Watch

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=82335

I am aware of two things, that this link is to the vmware site, that also it’s a forum post about blades and rack mounts for vmware. However, you’d be amazed at the number of people I speak to that are having long conversations about this very question, but blades have small drives and two processors, and besides I need many network connections.

Let’s step back for two seconds.

Blade servers for me for virtualization make sense if you’re virtualizing in volume, if you’re wanting to move to a kind of ESX farm, where Bill says I want a machine on Network3, you then have one enclosure with Network3 connections, and whichever blade is least busy has that new virtual machine allocated to it.

Rack mount servers make sense equally in volume deployments, but the blades can give you more volume (though I admit you can debate this), anyway, they can provide you with more network cards for connectivity, and are ideal for consolidating several servers on to one main box, for example all of Capital Markets dev on to three or four DL585s.

Which is right for you, you’ll need to decide, in the meantime any views, email me or post a comment.

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