We've been burned here twice by blade cabinent turnover. But Sun and Dell have discontinued blades for the cabinents we own. Any future blade purchases would have to include a new cabinent. Personally I prefer U1 servers for this type of application. On 10/19/05, Greg Golin <greg.golin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Blades are definitely not the next big thing, they are a very solid > market with five big players [IBM, Dell, HP, Verari, Rackable] who > sell blades by the thousands. Common customers are oil and gas > exploration companies, energy companies, graphic design companies, > market research compaines, national agencies (NASA, NIH), biotech > companies. > > The chances for a standard backplane are slim to none. Lock in is not > a bitch, its a necessary evil dictated by market conditions. > I do agree with you on the infrastructure point though -- blades are not cheap. > > Regards, > GG > > On 10/19/05, Dave Ihnat <ignatz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 07:58:19AM -0500, McDougall, Marshall (FSH) wrote: > > > There is a lot of talk around the shop these days about blades and how > > > they are the next big thing. I personally think they have limitations > > > and are more niche than global. > > > > > > What kind of blade experiences have you folks had? Thanks. > > > > Until vendors agree on a common backplane, I've avoided them. Lock-in > > is such a b*tch...and the infrastructure buy-in with blades amplifies > > the problem. > > -- > > Dave Ihnat > > ignatz@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
