Comments on: IBM Blades rock – introducing my IBM HS20 http://www.bladewatch.com/2008/12/15/ibm-blades-rock-introducing-my-ibm-hs20/ Tracking Blades, virtualization and grid Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:52:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ralf http://www.bladewatch.com/2008/12/15/ibm-blades-rock-introducing-my-ibm-hs20/comment-page-1/#comment-44298 Ralf Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:23:20 +0000 http://www.bladewatch.com/?p=4419#comment-44298 Hi all,<br><br>I just had the same idea today. You can find really cheap IBM HS20s on eBay.<br><br>What I do not know is the following: <br>Is it absolutely required to have an enclosure/ chassis to power on the blade server. Or is there some kind of adapter or a kind of docking station available from IBM or a third party manufacturer for connecting a single blade. (I know this would be just for maintenance and would not provide cooling for example) <br><br>It would be great if somebody could provide some information on this.<br><br>Kind regards,<br>Ralf<br><br>(<a href="mailto:ralf_sch@web.de" rel="nofollow">ralf_sch@web.de</a>) Hi all,

I just had the same idea today. You can find really cheap IBM HS20s on eBay.

What I do not know is the following:
Is it absolutely required to have an enclosure/ chassis to power on the blade server. Or is there some kind of adapter or a kind of docking station available from IBM or a third party manufacturer for connecting a single blade. (I know this would be just for maintenance and would not provide cooling for example)

It would be great if somebody could provide some information on this.

Kind regards,
Ralf

(ralf_sch@web.de)

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