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Changing the IT Paradigm: Blade Server Computing
White Papers This paper looks at the emerging modular computing paradigm and technology of blade servers what blades are, the blade server market segment and the benefits data centers can receive by adopting blade-based computing.
[June 27, 2007, 0:24]
Blade server pioneer RLX boosts power
News RLX Technologies, a pioneer of thin "blade" servers, will announce new two-processor models Monday that catch the company part way up to its larger competitors. RLX got its start with a 3.5-inch tall chassis that could accommodate as many as 24...
[February 17, 2003, 8:37]
Dell joins blade server fray
News Observers say the announcement will cause a shake-up in the still nascent blade server industry. Dell has belatedly joined its competitors in offering own-design blade servers with the launch in Paris on Monday afternoon of the PowerEdge 1855.
[November 15, 2004, 14:05]
Dell slings its 'blade' server line
News Dell on Monday unsheathed its first "blade" server in a bid to carve out more market share. The Dell blade server is part of a larger effort by the company to expand into areas beyond the PC. Blade servers fit that bill.
[November 25, 2002, 15:08]
IBM, Intel to share blade server designs
News The companies will meet to decide which models are needed and which company will design each system, said Tim Dougherty, director of blade server strategy at IBM. Hewlett-Packard is the sole mainstream server maker to sell blade systems, but Dell...
[September 17, 2002, 8:57]
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade Manageability Solutions
White Papers The HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade is an Integrity blade server for the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure. Customers get the benefit of the existing system management solutions for those operating systems, combined with the benefits of blade...
[May 8, 2007, 1:00]
Snap-in, Grid-Based Data Integration: IBM Information Server Blade
White Papers This paper considers the solution offered by IBM, first with respect to the Information Server technology, and then with its appliance offering, the Information Server Blade. This white paper, authored by IDC, explores the problems confronting IT...
[January 22, 2009, 8:03]
Fujitsu readies eight-way blade server
News Fujitsu's blade server is 12.25 inches tall and accommodates up to 10 AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon blades, though only Opteron blades can be linked together. Fujitsu will begin selling technology next quarter that lets four dual-processor blade...
[March 14, 2006, 9:00]
IBM launches new blade server
News Director will also include self-healing technology that will let customers set rules that allow BladeCenter to automatically replace a failed unit with an unused backup blade or re-prioritize other blades to take over the dead server's...
[April 25, 2002, 9:07]
Sun hones blade-server range
News Sun Microsystems on Wednesday began selling its first blade server that can run Linux, in a move that tightens Sun's ties with chipmaker AMD. Sun, one of the top four server sellers but a company that has come under fierce attack by Dell, Hewlett...
[December 3, 2003, 14:00]
IBM puts Power in new blade server
News IBM unveiled a new blade server prototype on Tuesday that uses its Power processor, putting Big Blue a step ahead in the race to squeeze high-end chips into compact servers. Some of the world's largest server companies -- IBM, Sun Microsystems...
[October 24, 2002, 9:13]
HP snubbed over blade server standards call
News Hewlett-Packard has been snubbed by other server manufacturers in its call for a standard for blade servers that would let buyers mix and match blades -- the cards that hold the processors. HP's call was backed up by market research firm Dataquest...
[February 6, 2002, 10:32]
Optimized IO Solutions to Maximize Blade Server ROI
White Papers IT managers must carefully choose their IO hardware in order to maximize their blade server Return On Investment (ROI). As a technology pioneer, QLogic has been providing blade server IO solutions since 2002.
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade Linux Installation White Paper
White Papers The HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade introduces the advantages of HP Integrity servers to the HP BladeSystem c-Class series technology. This paper describes how to install the supported Linux distributions on HP Integrity BL860c Server Blades.
[May 18, 2007, 1:00]
IBM announces blade server for SMEs
News IBM has announced a new blade server aimed at SMEs, but it will not be available until the last quarter of this year. However, it is likely that the new blade server will support both Intel and AMD processors, as well as IBM's own Power processor...
[June 14, 2007, 17:26]
Apple snaps up top IBM chip and blade-server exec
News IBM called Papermaster: "IBM's top expert in Power architecture and technology", and his most recent position involved managing IBM's blade-server division. But an improved Xserve blade server could be a complement to the Mac if Apple ever gets...
[October 31, 2008, 7:25]
Remotely Managing the Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade Server Using the DRAC/MC
White Papers The Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis (DRAC/MC) has a real-time clock (RTC) that maintains the time even when the Dell PowerEdge 1855 blade server chassis is powered down. The DRAC/MC time is used to maintain a chronological listing of...
[May 7, 2005, 3:00]
Systems Management Techniques for the Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade Server
White Papers Systems management capabilities built into the Dell PowerEdge 1855 blade server allow administrators to manage individual server blades using the Dell OpenManage infrastructure, while also enabling management of the entire system through the Dell...
[May 7, 2005, 3:00]
Intel unveils new blade server standard
News Intel has teamed up with the Server System Infrastructure Forum group to release a new set of design specifications for blade server platforms. Dubbed the Modular Server Specifications, it outlines details on designing the "compute blade, mezzanine...
[July 30, 2007, 12:27]
Performance Brief for Lotus Domino Web Access on an HP ProLiant BL480c Server Blade With Lotus Domino 7.0.2
White Papers A workload designed to replicate a typical Domino Web Access user environment was tested against an HP ProLiant BL480c server blade with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5355 processors (2.66 GHz) to determine the maximum user load this server can support.
[May 8, 2007, 1:00]
