Blade based systems

[Mark Komarinski]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:35:09PM -0500, Cole Tuininga 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?
 
Having worked for a (now failed) blade company, I can give the following:

Pros:  Compact, low power usage, easier configuration, fewer moving parts
Cons:  Uses laptop CPUs or slower CPUs, custom hardware means you have to
use that vendor (even cPCI is somewhat custom), custom hw = high cost

Depending on the number of servers you need, you may just want to look
at getting a boatload of dual-CPU 1U boxes and be done with it.

-Mark
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