Blade Watch

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Virtual server technology consolidates many physical machines onto one physical machine and blade technology makes managing many physical machines almost as easy as managing one physical machine.

Blades share interconnects, power supplies, and storage. This simplifies the data center by cutting down on cable clutter and management overhead associated with multiple physical non-blade servers.

The blade vs rack servers debate is set to continue, whether we talk in terms of the box vs blade debate or in terms of grid and virtualization, do I want lots of 1u servers or blade servers, but then what about the power? This article covers some very interesting topics do check it out.

The debate is set to continue with the vendors and the IT people all giving you the benefit of their wisdom. What you need to think about is your business, which is likely to provide you with the best rate of return, where your key skills are and crucially what perceived or actual issues you have with space and cooling in the data center.

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