RE: What is a blade (was: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries)

["Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Blade centers offer centralized redundant network connection, redundant
power distribution, built in KVM, and redundant management.  But each
blade is still a separate computer.  Blade centers are designed to use a
fiber SAN for storage, offering minimal DASD configurations.  (IBM
offers mirrored load source drives.)  So complexity is somewhat reduced
with the network, power, and KVM built into the box.  Along with floppy
and CD being shared among the blades.  You can put 14 computers and a
SAN with terabytes of storage in to one rack with keyboard and monitor.


Christopher Bipes
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 8:54 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: What is a blade (was: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries)

Isn't a blade still the same number of servers?  Instead of being
mounted 
horizontally in a rack, aren't they just mounted vertically in a box 
that's mounted horizontally in a rack?  Does it reduce the quantity of 
servers, or does it just reduce the footprint?  Wouldn't the companies 
that are pictured in these ad's already be using rack mounted servers
(for 
the most part)?  So how would it reduce the complexity?

Rob Berendt