OT Blade servers

[Dave Ihnat]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 07:58:19AM -0500, McDougall, Marshall (FSH) wrote:
> There is a lot of talk around the shop these days about blades and how
> they are the next big thing.  I personally think they have limitations
> and are more niche than global.
> 
> What kind of blade experiences have you folks had?  Thanks.

Until vendors agree on a common backplane, I've avoided them.  Lock-in
is such a b*tch...and the infrastructure buy-in with blades amplifies
the problem.
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	Dave Ihnat
	ignatz at dminet.com