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. Continue reading
Category Archives: IBM
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. 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
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
2010 Stats for BladesMadeSimple.com
As we wrap up 2010, I wanted to say thanks to the people who continue to support this blog. I’ve had the opportunity to attend several trips and meet dozens of people in the technology blogger world, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. I have several blog stories in the works for the first part of January 2011, starting with a complete write up of HP and IBM blade offerings after which I will finish up with a summary giving my opinion on who has the best blade server, so stay tuned. As part of my final blog posting for 2010, I thought it would be fun to give you some details about BladesMadeSimple.com and what was hot, and what was not, so here we go.
IBM Gains Blade Server Market Share in Q3 2010
IDC came out with their 3Q 2010 worldwide server market revenue report last month which shows that IBM grew from Q2 2010 in their blade market share. Continue reading
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 IDC’s findings of the overall industry you should be able to derive conclusions from there. That’s where it gets confusing. Continue reading
(UPDATED) How IBM Can Provide 1,800 Processing Cores on a Single Blade Server
UPDATED 11-16-2010
IBM recently announced a new addition to their BladeCenter family – the IBM BladeCenter GPU Expansion blade. This new offering provides a single HS22 with the capability of hosting up to 4 x NVIDIA Tesla M2070 or Tesla M2070Q GPUs each running 448 processing cores each. Doing the math, this equals the possibility of having 4,928 processing cores in a single 9u IBM BladeCenter H chassis. That means you could have 19,712 processing cores PER RACK. With such astonishing numbers, let’s take a deeper look at the IBM BladeCenter GPU Expansion blade.
A Post from the Archive: “Cisco UCS vs IBM BladeCenter H”
It’s always fun to take a look at the past, so today I wanted to revisit my very first blog post. Titled, “Cisco UCS vs IBM BladeCenter H”, I focused on trying to compare Cisco’s blade technology with IBM’s. Was I successful or not – it’s up to you to decide. This article ranks at #7 in all-time hits, so people are definitely interested. Keep in mind this post has not been updated to reflect any changes in offering or technologies, it’s just being offered as a look back in time for your amusement. Here’s how the blog post began: Continue reading