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4 Socket Blade Servers Density: Vendor Comparison (2011)

Published on February 28, 2011 By Kevin Houston

Revised with corrections  3/1/2011 10:29 a.m. (EST) Almost a year ago, I wrote an article highlighting the 4 socket blade server offerings.  At that time, the offerings were very slim, but over the past 11 months, that blog post has received the most hits, so I figured it’s time to revise the article.  In today’s [...]

Brocade FCoE Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

Published on October 7, 2010 By Kevin Houston

IBM recently announced the addition of a Brocade Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switch module for the IBM BladeCenter designed to deliver up to 24% savings over traditional 10Gb Ethernet & 8Gb FC setup. 

IBM’s New Approach to Ethernet/Fibre Traffic

Published on February 18, 2010 By Kevin Houston

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit when I’m wrong – or when I provide wrong information.   A few days ago, I commented that no one has yet offered the ability to split out Ethernet and Fibre traffic at the chassis level (as opposed to using a top of rack switch.)  I quickly found out [...]