If server optimisation is the problem, blade servers can be the answer
- Author:
- Joe O'Halloran
- Posted:
- 16:20 30 Jan 2007
- Topics:
- Servers
Topic: If server optimisation is the problem, blade servers can be the answer
Time: 11.00am
Date: Live Wednesday 7 March 2007
Duration: 60 minutes
Description:
The growth of server blade technology has increased rapidly over the last couple of years. There are many reasons as to why this is so, not least among them the financial (savings) gains that can be made.
Blade servers—which include one or more processors, memory, storage and network connections—offer a way in reducing costs substantially. The idea is that customers can place a high number of blades into the chassis to create systems that are not only more compact and powerful than traditional equivalent rack-mounted servers, but can also offer cost savings. Furthermore the blade servers slot into a chassis that provides a common power supply and air-cooling system and they are usually hot-swappable
A company with a large number of servers across its estate with locally attached storage could spend huge amounts in trying to administer them. A blade rack is also an extremely effective way of upping server performance without having to install an additional server itself.
This webinar will show that blade servers can play a very important part in increasing the cost effectiveness of companies of all sizes. It will:
Format:
5 minute introduction followed by three 10-minute presentations plus a 25/30- minute moderated Q&A session. Interactive polling of the audience will be carried out throughout the event.
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