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(UPDATED) 4TB SAN, 3 ESX Hosts for only $32,000? YES, It’s Real!

Published on July 27, 2010 By Kevin Houston

(Updated 7/27/2010 – 11 am EST – added info on power and tower options)  When you think about blade servers, you probably think, “they are too expensive.” When you think about doing a VMware project, you probably think, “my servers are too old” or “I can’t afford new servers.” For $8 per GB, you can have [...]

The IBM BladeCenter S Is Going to the Super Bowl

Published on January 28, 2010 By Kevin Houston

Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave in Eastern Europe, you know by now that the New Orleans Saints are headed to the Super Bowl.  According to IBM, this is all due to the Saints having an IBM BladeCenter S running their business.  Okay, well, I’m sure there’s other reasons, like having stellar tallent, but [...]