Reviewing the HP BladeSystem c3000

http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2007/102907-test-hp-bladesystem-how.html?fsrc=rss-datacenter and http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2007/102907-test-hp-bladesystem.html

We received a configuration from HP consisting of the c3000 chassis (with licenses, $4,300), one BL465c G1 server blade, GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch ($1,400), BL460c G1 server blade, SB600c Storage Server Blade (with an incumbent SB600c separate storage blade) and an HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448c Tape Blade ($2,000), HP StorageWorks 1.16TB Storage Blade (serial-attached SCSI drives, $9,970).

..We also tested the StorageWorks 600c blade subsystem, using it as a Windows network-attached-storage device, as well as an iSCSI target; it performed well. We performed bulk file copies, and used the iSCSI target capability to format a partition and use it as an active virtual drive for several servers and clients…

Do check out this review of the HP c3000 BladeSystem, it covers both the Intel and AMD blades as well as their StorageWorks, it’s always good to see what people think of the technology.

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