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Rackable Systems Inc. says that its new 12-volt servers aim to turn virtualization on its head, but this hardware-oriented approach might be a hard sell for some data center managers.

The single-socket physical servers slide into Rackable’s CloudRack enclosure trays and run divided workloads. They are based on what the company calls its “MicroSlice” architecture and are Rackable’s smallest servers to date. Rackable is known for half-depth servers that take up less data center space than traditional rack servers.

Rackable positions the new machines as an alternative to software-based server virtualization. While virtualization software consolidates servers to run applications on independent virtual machines (VMs) that reside on fewer physical servers, the MicroSlice servers are a bunch of single-socket nodes that run divided workloads in the CloudRack enclosure. Rackable has termed this hardware approach physicalization.

This sounds great, I’ll need to read up more, these single socket servers might be an ideal solution for specific customers with specific project needs or energy efficiency. I’ll need to check it out.

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