Since my last post, I heard lots of rumors that VMware would make some changes in their new licensing model. Well, this week VMware made an official announcement of changes and posted here. VMware made very clear that all the changes were motivated by the feedbacks they have received:
Tag Archive 'HX5'
As you no doubt heard by now, VMware has announced a new version of vSphere along with some new or improved features however, this post will not highlight these features. In this post, I want to talk about what did not improve – the licensing.
UPDATED 11:30 a.m. EST (4/6/11) - Intel announced today the next version of their 4 socket chipset, known as “E7”. Previously known with the codename of Westmere EX, the newly released Xeon 7600 will be rebranded as the Intel Xeon E7.
4 Socket Blade Servers Density: Vendor Comparison (2011)
Posted in Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, Server Comparisons on Feb 28th, 2011
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 [...]
Cisco Announces 32 DIMM, 2 Socket Nehalem EX UCS B230-M1 Blade Server
Posted in Cisco on Sep 14th, 2010
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.
(UPDATED) Prize Fight: IBM MAX5 vs Dell FlexMem Bridge
Posted in Dell, IBM, Server Comparisons on May 21st, 2010
Updated 5/24/2010 – I’ve received some comments about expandability and I’ve received a correction about the speed of Dell’s memory, so I’ve updated this post. You’ll find the corrections / additions below in GREEN. Since I’ve received a lot of comments from my post on the Dell FlexMem Bridge technology, I thought I would do an [...]
New Cisco Blade Server: B440-M1
Posted in Cisco, Dell, IBM, Server Comparisons on Apr 8th, 2010
Cisco recently announced their first blade offering with the Intel Xeon 7500 processor, known as the ”Cisco UCS B440-M1 High-Performance Blade Server.” This new blade is a full-width blade that offers 2 – 4 Xeon 7500 processors and 32 memory slots, for up to 256GB RAM, as well as 4 hot-swap drive bays. Since the server is [...]
(Updated 4/22/2010 at 2:44 p.m.) IBM officially announced the HX5 on Tuesday, so I’m going to take the liberty to dig a little deeper in providing details on the blade server. I previously provided a high-level overview of the blade server on this post, so now I want to get a little more technical, courtesy [...]
4 Socket Blade Servers Density: Vendor Comparison
Posted in Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, Server Comparisons on Mar 10th, 2010
IMPORTANT NOTE – I updated this blog post on Feb. 28, 2011 with better details. To view the updated blog post, please go to: http://bladesmadesimple.com/2011/02/4-socket-blade-servers-density-vendor-comparison-2011/ Original Post (March 10, 2010): As the Intel Nehalem EX processor is a couple of weeks away, I wonder what impact it will have in the blade server market. I’ve [...]
Announcing the IBM BladeCenter HX5 Blade Server (with detailed pics)
Posted in IBM on Mar 2nd, 2010
(UPDATED 11:29 AM EST 3/2/2010) IBM announced today the BladeCenter® HX5 – their first 4 socket blade since the HS41 blade server. IBM calls the HX5 “a scalable, high-performance blade server with unprecedented compute and memory performance, and flexibility ideal for compute and memory-intensive enterprise workloads.” The HX5 will have the ability to be coupled [...]