Blade Server Myth #3 – Virtualization
11 December , 10:00 AM
On this blog, we've posted a lot on the benefits of virtualization. But, some skepticism still remains in part to the myth that blades are not as powerful as conventional servers, and therefore not a good platform for virtualization. In reality, Dell offers blade servers designed with virtualization in mind.
When blades were first introduced, they were mostly designed as low-power Web servers in a more dense form factor. They were built with low-speed, single CPU chips. Today, blades are available with all the same options as rack servers, with multiple CPUs, multicore, and lots of memory. They are now the functional clones of rack servers in terms of processors and memory configuration options.
If you are going through consolidation planning… and you have the option of choosing new server hardware, blades today offer the same CPUs, socket counts and memory as rack servers, including chips with virtualization assist.
Click here to read the entire E-Guide from which these posts were taken, and read more about virtualization on InsideIT.
Tags: Server, Technology, Virtualization, Power & Cooling, Products, Strategy, Environment, Design, Blade, Storage, Power Solutions
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