Blade based systems

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 14 Jan 2003 15:07:35 -0500
Cole Tuininga <colet at code-energy.com> wrote:

> 
> I have a project that I'm working on that's going to require a fair
> number of servers.  For space considerations, we've been considering
> going with a blade style setup.  I have a couple questions for y'all
> regarding them...  (BTW, they will be intended to run Debian Linux)
> 
> 1) Pros and Cons?  Is there anything I need to know regarding blade
> style servers in general?
> 
> 2) Specific experiences?  Anybody have brands they would recommend, or
> recommend *against*?
Why so many servers?
Last meeting the IBM guys presented VMware ESX which can reduce the
number of physical servers. There is certainly some pros regarding
multiple physical servers, but they presented a pretty good argument
toward using VMware such that you have multiple virtual servers. I would
still go for multiple physical boxes for redundancy. 

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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