Comments on: Introducing the IBM HS22v Blade Server http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/ Making blade servers simple Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Houston http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Kevin Houston Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:13:33 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-908 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Surprisingly large amount of interest in #ibm HS22 on my site today -->http://bit.ly/bFpt3b Any idea why?</span></span> Surprisingly large amount of interest in #ibm HS22 on my site today –>http://bit.ly/bFpt3b Any idea why?

]]> By: More Blade Server Rumours « BladesMadeSimple.com (MIRROR SITE) http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-398 More Blade Server Rumours « BladesMadeSimple.com (MIRROR SITE) Mon, 17 May 2010 06:30:43 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-398 [...] to announce a blade server designed for maximum memory density. If you’ll recall, IBM has the HS22v blade and HP has the BL490c G6 blade server – both of which are designed for 18 memory DIMMs and [...] [...] to announce a blade server designed for maximum memory density. If you’ll recall, IBM has the HS22v blade and HP has the BL490c G6 blade server – both of which are designed for 18 memory DIMMs and [...]

]]> By: Blades Made Simple » Blog Archive » More Blade Server Rumours http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Blades Made Simple » Blog Archive » More Blade Server Rumours Mon, 17 May 2010 05:02:08 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-396 [...] announce a blade server designed for maximum memory density.  If you’ll recall, IBM has the HS22v blade and HP has the BL490c G6  blade server – both of which are designed for 18 memory DIMMs and [...] [...] announce a blade server designed for maximum memory density.  If you’ll recall, IBM has the HS22v blade and HP has the BL490c G6  blade server – both of which are designed for 18 memory DIMMs and [...]

]]> By: Kevin Houston http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Kevin Houston Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:08:34 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-132 Mark - thanks for the comments. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next 24 months with all blade vendors, as the CPU and memory architectures are continuing to evolve very quickly. I've seen the Nehalem EX design for IBM's blades and all I can say is that IBM will regain some market share. Thanks for reading! Mark – thanks for the comments. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next 24 months with all blade vendors, as the CPU and memory architectures are continuing to evolve very quickly. I've seen the Nehalem EX design for IBM's blades and all I can say is that IBM will regain some market share. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Kevin Houston http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Kevin Houston Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:06:14 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-131 On the HS22v the internal USB port allows for an integrated ESXi key to be used. I mentioned this under "reason #3" under the Drives section on my post. I've used the ESXi USB key with an IBM HS22 blade server and it's really slick. I can't think of any reason someone would need local drives (physical or SSD) when using the ESXi USB key. Thanks for the comments - glad this post is creating good conversation. On the HS22v the internal USB port allows for an integrated ESXi key to be used. I mentioned this under “reason #3″ under the Drives section on my post. I've used the ESXi USB key with an IBM HS22 blade server and it's really slick. I can't think of any reason someone would need local drives (physical or SSD) when using the ESXi USB key. Thanks for the comments – glad this post is creating good conversation.

]]> By: Aaron Delp http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Aaron Delp Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:25:53 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-129 Mark - My only comment about the future of IBM is wait and see. There are some really big announcements coming up with the next generation of Intel procs that will be very nice! IBM will be doing some things that will make them very different.<br><br>IBM really fell asleep at the wheel with Nehalem but I'm hoping they will be competitive again with the next version. Mark – My only comment about the future of IBM is wait and see. There are some really big announcements coming up with the next generation of Intel procs that will be very nice! IBM will be doing some things that will make them very different.

IBM really fell asleep at the wheel with Nehalem but I'm hoping they will be competitive again with the next version.

]]> By: Aaron Delp http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Aaron Delp Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:19:19 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-130 Kevin - I found something interesting late this week. There is another option besides the SSD for this server. There is also an ESXi key that is only $75 compared to over $1600 for the SSD drive (or double if you want 2x SSD's). The ESXi key isn't in the normal place in the IBM tool (it is in the Other section, not the storage section) and I haven't seen any info about it pre-release like I usually would on the IBM Business Partner information. More information over at my site:<br><br><a href="http://blog.aarondelp.com/2010/02/buying-hs22v-for-vmware-read-this.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.aarondelp.com/2010/02/buying-hs22v-...</a> Kevin – I found something interesting late this week. There is another option besides the SSD for this server. There is also an ESXi key that is only $75 compared to over $1600 for the SSD drive (or double if you want 2x SSD's). The ESXi key isn't in the normal place in the IBM tool (it is in the Other section, not the storage section) and I haven't seen any info about it pre-release like I usually would on the IBM Business Partner information. More information over at my site:

http://blog.aarondelp.com/2010/02/buying-hs22v-…

]]> By: Mark http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/introducing-the-ibm-hs22v-blade-server/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Mark Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:23:52 +0000 http://bladesmadesimple.com/?p=244#comment-128 The question once again is: "Is this the last gasp for the venerable IBM BladeCenter?" Just when it seems IBM has squeezed all it can out of this form factor, it does a little bit more. The very low profile DIMMs solves the 18 DIMM slot capacity problem, which IBM needed to get solved before Westmere. I don't know the price per GB of VLP compares to standard DIMMs.<br><br>Somebody mentioned HP supporting hot-plug disks, but the 490/495 disks are internal non hot-plug.<br><br>Ultimately, the same blade real-estate problems which have been hitting IBM for several years, and hit HP with the 18 DIMM slot models, will become a bigger issue for both IBM and HP. After Westmere will be 8-core processors, or perhaps dual-socket Nehalem-EX configurations, with more memory channels. The question once again is: “Is this the last gasp for the venerable IBM BladeCenter?” Just when it seems IBM has squeezed all it can out of this form factor, it does a little bit more. The very low profile DIMMs solves the 18 DIMM slot capacity problem, which IBM needed to get solved before Westmere. I don't know the price per GB of VLP compares to standard DIMMs.

Somebody mentioned HP supporting hot-plug disks, but the 490/495 disks are internal non hot-plug.

Ultimately, the same blade real-estate problems which have been hitting IBM for several years, and hit HP with the 18 DIMM slot models, will become a bigger issue for both IBM and HP. After Westmere will be 8-core processors, or perhaps dual-socket Nehalem-EX configurations, with more memory channels.

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