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Blade server concerns and pitfalls


Blades are costly, proprietary and a burden on your data center facility engineering. Get past the hype and learn the potential pitfalls for blade servers.


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Power and cooling woes undercut blade server benefits
Blade servers offer space- and power-saving benefits. But organizational constraints and data center design may continue to tip the scales in favor of rack servers.

Blades and virtualization: Don't believe the hype
Speaking at a Gartner summit last week, analyst John Enck weighed in on blade servers and server virtualization, and put some of the hype to rest.

No assembly required: How I lost two days in the data center
Data center manager Kyle Rankin describes the arduous task of assembling and installing his new HP blade servers; the result of not ordering the integration service by accident. Adding to Rankin's chagrin, the engineer...

Data center cooling optimization in the virtualized-server world
How many hamburgers can you cook on a blade server? If your servers are literally cooking there are a variety of systems to consider to keep your equipment cool.


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