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Blade Server Market Share Comparison – Q3 2009 vs Q3 2010
I was updating a slide deck that I use to compare blade server technologies for customers when I came across the IDC and Gartner data from Q3 of 2009. I was very surprised at what I found out, so today’s post takes a look back at 2009 and compares it to 2010.
Dell Adds Multi Blade Chassis Management, But Wait – There’s More
Dell recently notified me the latest version – ver 3.1 - of the Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) added multi-chassis management capability. In other words, you can have one IP address to manage multiple chassis. Now you may ask, so what? Other vendors have had this feature already, so what’s the big deal. Here’s what’s big [...]
Gartner Releases Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers
Technology analyst, Gartner, released their Magic Quadrant focused specifically on blade servers this week and the results were not very surprising.
Lessons Learned from Dell OEM Day
At the conclusion of a long day in Austin, I decided to take a few minutes to provide some thoughts about what I learned today.
Dell’s Super Secret Society
On Tuesday I have the pleasure of joining a handful of other bloggers in Round Rock, TX, to visit with one of Dell’s top secret societies
Still Confused About Cisco’s Blade Market Share
I recently received a comment on my previous post concerning Cisco’s market share (“What’s the Truth About Cisco’s Market Share“) which has me more confused. The comment admits that Cisco has not released any market share data to IDC, but that when you look at the Cisco Q1 2010 Earnings Call and compare it to [...]
New Study Shows Dell M1000e Chassis Most Power Efficient Chassis
A white paper released today by Dell shows that the Dell M1000e blade chassis infrastructure offers significant power savings compared to equivalent HP and IBM blade environments. In fact, the results were audited by an outside source, the Enterprise Management Associates (http://www.enterprisemanagement.com). After the controversy with the Tolly Group report discussing HP vs Cisco, I [...]
Cisco Announces 32 DIMM, 2 Socket Nehalem EX UCS B230-M1 Blade Server
Thanks to fellow blogger, M. Sean McGee (http://www.mseanmcgee.com/) I was alerted to the fact that Cisco announced on today, Sept. 14, their 13th blade server to the UCS family – the Cisco UCS B230 M1. This newest addition performs a few tricks that no other vendor has been able to perform.
VMworld 2010: Up Close and Personal with HP and Dell Blades
Last week at VMworld 2010 I had the opportunity to get some great pictures of HP and Dell’s newest blade servers. The HP Proliant BL620 G7, the HP Proliant BL680 G7 and the Dell PowerEdge M610X and M710HD. These newest blade servers are exciting offerings from HP and Dell so I encourage you to take a [...]
(UPDATED) The Best Blade Server Option Is…[Part 1 - A Look at Cisco]
Updated on 9/13/2010 with link to Sean McGee’s I/O Card Blog Post One of the questions I get the most is, “which blade server option is best for me?” My honest answer is always, “it depends.” The reality is that the best blade infrastructure for YOU is really going to depend on what is important [...]
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