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Archive for Blade Servers Category

Sun: Back in blades?

The Sun Blade 6000 Modular System has been out for a couple weeks and what little dust there was has settled. Actually, I haven’t seen too much out there in the form of analysis beyond the usual news pieces (have you?). Perhaps that’s a signal that – again – the industry is taking a “wait [...] Read More

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Blades and Virtualization: Observations from Server Blade Summit

I was sitting in a hotel ballroom – outside, the warm California sun was luring me away from the cold air conditioning breeze I felt before the breakout panel began at the Server Blade Summit. The panel session was called “Blades and Virtualization,” which alone is a very broad topic – but this panel focused [...] Read More

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Blade Myths

Industry analyst and frequent writer Barb Goldworm wrote an excellent two-part article this week on the myths surrounding blade servers. In the article, Barb deconstructs myths on power & cooling, pricing, virtualization and performance.  It’s an excellent read. I’d like to add one more myth to the mix: Blades aren’t appropriate for the enterprise… Because [...] Read More

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