As another year has ended, I have to take the time to thank you. This blog was created for my own use, to be able to access blade information at any time; but it grew into something bigger. For each of you that use this site, I give a sincere thank you. This site is a personal site that I’ve maintained since Fall of 2009 and I get ZERO money to run it. No advertising dollars or anything. It’s a hobby, so your participation is greatly appreciated. That said, I thought for my first blog post of 2016, I’d provide you with some insight into the numbers. So here we go.
- # of views in 2015: 152,150 (note: had 2 months where the stats were not working, so I estimate this # was actually closer to 175,000)
- highest # of views: 247,313 (2012)
- highest monthly view in 2015: 15,300 (March, 2015)
- top 3 blog posts for 2015:
A Detailed Look at Dell PowerEdge VRTX 
16,091 A First Look at Dell’s FX Architecture 10,446 Gartner Releases New Magic Quadrant for Modular Servers – May 2015 6,700 - top 3 blog posts ALL TIME:
A Detailed Look at Dell PowerEdge VRTX 52,018 4 Socket Blade Servers Density: Vendor Comparison 24,493 Blade Chassis I/O Diagrams 18,462 - top search terms in 2015:
blade servers vs rack servers 38 network daughter card 29 dell vrtx 25 - top search terms ALL TIME:
blade server 5,377 blades made simple 2,166 blade servers 1,843 - Countries visiting bladesmadesimple.com in 2015:
If you have any comments or thoughts, please let me know. Thanks for your continued support.
Kevin Houston is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of BladesMadeSimple.com. He has over 18 years of experience in the x86 server marketplace. Since 1997 Kevin has worked at several resellers in the Atlanta area, and has a vast array of competitive x86 server knowledge and certifications as well as an in-depth understanding of VMware and Citrix virtualization. Kevin has worked at Dell as a Server Sales Engineer covering the Global Enterprise market since August 2011.
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