There are a number of advantages to selecting blades for the server platform in the data center. Yet, there are many obstacles to fully realizing the benefits of this form factor.
The blade server is great at face value in that there are additional management tools, a reduced space requirement and cost advantages.
Many data centers can't take advantage of blades due to the initial investment or the thought that the requirements would never populate the blades to the break-even cost point. Frequently, the break-even threshold is about 5 or 6 blades within a chassis.
There is an alternative with the mini blade. Among mainstream offerings for the mini blade is MDS Micro's Quad V and Dual V server series.
The Quad V can deliver four servers in a 2U space and the Dual V can deliver two servers in a 1U enclosure.
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