Technology analyst, Gartner, released their Magic Quadrant focused specifically on blade servers this week and the results were not very surprising. Continue reading
Author Archives: Kevin Houston
Speculating Q4 2010 Blade Server Market Share Results
As I’m anxiously awaiting the Q4 2010 IDC blade server market share results from IDC (due out around the week of Feb 28, 2011), I figured I’d take a risk and see if I can trend what the results may be. Here’s what I found. Continue reading
2011 – The Year of the Intel CPU
It’s no surprise that Intel will be release a few new lines of CPUs this year, but in today’s post I thought I’d take a few minutes to highlight some of the details. Continue reading
HP’s New 32GB DIMMs Too Expensive?
A reader recently commented on my article about HP’s new 32GB DIMM, “At $8039 per DIMM, HP can support 384GB in a BL460c at the cost of $96,000 per server just for the memory! If you filled just one rack with these servers, you would spend $6 million just for the memory. And the memory would run at a paltry 800MHz. Continue reading
Cisco UCS Considered One of Top 10 Data Center Trends for 2011
A recent article by SearchDataCenter.com titled Top Ten Data Center Trends of 2011, predicts that Cisco UCS blade servers will grab mega market share and inspires more converged infrastructure products. Continue reading
(UPDATED) HP Announces 2 New Products to Blade Server Portfolio
HP announced on Tuesday two new products to their blade server portfolio, however blade server fanatics, don’t get too excited.
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(UPDATED) HP Hosts the Super Bowl
It’s no surprise that the Dallas Cowboys stadium, host of Super Bowl XLV, is the most technologically advanced stadiums on the planet – but did you know it ran on HP’s technology? Continue reading
IBM BladeCenter H Power Recommendation Reference Document
IBM’s BladeCenter H is rich with features, but requires planning before implementing, especially in regards to power. Over the years, I’ve worked with a lot of customers around the question of what power is needed for the BladeCenter H, so I created a reference document for my use and now I’m sharing it for you to use. I know IBM has a reference document but mine is focused only on the BladeCenter H and hopefully it is a bit simpler to use.
Link to my document: –> BladeCenter H Power Recommendations – BladesMadeSimple(tm)
(Adobe PDF, 440kb)
Hope this is useful for you. If you would like the actual Visio diagram I used for this, contact me via email with your info.
IBM Blades on the Battlefield
You have probably heard of IBM’s ruggedized BladeCenter offering, the BladeCenter T and HT but did you know there was another IBM blade server offering that meets MIL-SPEC requirements that is not sold by IBM? Continue reading
Cisco Releases UCS Firmware 1.4
As I’m sure most of you already know, Cisco has released an anticipated update to the firmware for UCS. Of the dozens of enhancements that were added or modified, perhaps one of the most interesting is Cisco’s integration of their rack-based “C-Series” line into the UCS Platform. This provides users with a single interface to manage both their rack and their blade server platforms. Instead of re-creating the wheel, I encourage you take a few minutes to read up on all the goodness from M. Sean McGee’s site at http://www.mseanmcgee.com/2010/12/cisco%e2%80%99s-stocking-stuffer-for-ucs-customers-firmware-release-1-41/
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