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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/01/aperture_study_shows_morons_shouldnt_touch_blade_servers/

A new study warns that ignorant data center managers switching to high-density devices are facing a “capacity crisis” that may increase the number of costly server outages.

The Aperture Research Institute, a division of software company Aperture Technologies, surveyed over 100 enterprise data managers, representing over 600 data centers covering industries such as banking, data services, retail, insurance and telecommunications.

Almost 90 per cent of those surveyed said that their racks are already three-quarters full. This severe lack of real-estate is making high-density blade servers more appealing.

But with the greater complexity of blade servers and their intense demands of power and cooling, the risk of failure is also on the rise.

Check this out, the register always has great articles, anyway it’s talking about data center power and cooling.  I think what has changed is that there was always a tendency for IT to be living on the edge when it came to data center space, however blade servers volume is simply highlighting previous issues. 

Where as before an application might request 40 DL585s, now they might ask for 48 blades, the power is just as much an issue as the cooling. Managing both there fore, having a full understanding of what is using the power, needing the cooling as well as using the space is important, that’s where tools like Aperture come into play.

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