OT Blade servers

[Shane Presley]

We've been burned here twice by blade cabinent turnover.  But Sun and
Dell have discontinued blades for the cabinents we own.  Any future
blade purchases would have to include a new cabinent.

Personally I prefer U1 servers for this type of application.



On 10/19/05, Greg Golin <greg.golin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Blades are definitely not the next big thing, they are a very solid
> market with five big players [IBM, Dell, HP, Verari, Rackable] who
> sell blades by the thousands. Common customers are oil and gas
> exploration companies, energy companies, graphic design companies,
> market research compaines, national agencies (NASA, NIH), biotech
> companies.
>
> The chances for a standard backplane are slim to none. Lock in is not
> a bitch, its a necessary evil dictated by market conditions.
> I do agree with you on the infrastructure point though -- blades are not cheap.
>
> Regards,
> GG
>
> On 10/19/05, Dave Ihnat <ignatz at dminet.com> wrote:
> > 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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> >         ignatz at dminet.com
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