| Did you know that blade servers and virtualization | | | | good candidates' for your virtual infrastructure |
| can be combined now to move forward in efforts | | | | implementation, mainly due to the limited Scalability |
| to consolidate and reduce the number of servers | | | | of these systems. For example the limited slots |
| needed in the data center? | | | | of network cards & memory slots in older |
| Customers use virtualization to help resolve a | | | | blades were a real show stopper for using blades |
| variety of challenges. Many begin as part of a | | | | as the hardware platform for your virtualization |
| server consolidation strategy to reduce the | | | | environment. |
| purchase of hardware and reduce management, | | | | Today, the server virtualization technology on |
| But the benefits of virtualization go well beyond | | | | Blade Servers can be an ideal solution for many |
| the reduction of TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). | | | | customers with challenges such as; limitations of |
| The Virtualization can also help reduce the | | | | space, power, & cooling in the Data Center. |
| development cycle and deployment of new | | | | Blades systems today is the solution, from the |
| applications. Furthermore, it can be used to | | | | energy point of view, the most efficient, and |
| increase the uptime of the systems and add | | | | some hardware vendors already have dared that |
| more flexibility with all the advance features | | | | blades spend up to 19% less energy than the |
| offered by virtualization vendors, which never | | | | traditional model of 1U & 2U servers. Further |
| deemed possible in a physical environment. | | | | more, Blades can highly improve the wiring of the |
| However, historically blades systems were not | | | | Data Center. |