Server computer that uses less energy and space than a conventional server
A blade server is a stripped-down server computer with a modular design optimized to minimize the use of physical space and energy. Blade servers have many components removed to save space, minimize power consumption and other considerations, while still having all the functional components to be considered a computer.[1] Unlike a rack-mount server, a blade server fits inside a blade enclosure, which can hold multiple blade servers, providing services such as power, cooling, networking, various interconnects and management. Together, blades and the blade enclosure form a blade system, which may itself be rack-mounted. Different blade providers have differing principles regarding what to include in the blade itself, and in the blade system as a whole.
In a standard server-rack configuration, one rack unit or 1U—19 inches (480 mm) wide and 1.75 inches (44 mm) tall—defines the minimum possible size of any equipment. The principal benefit and justification of blade computing relates to lifting this restriction so as to reduce size requirements. The most common computer rack form-factor is 42U high, which limits the number of discrete computer devices directly mountable in a rack to 42 components. Blades do not have this limitation. As of 2014[update], densities of up to 180 servers per blade system (or 1440 servers per rack) are achievable with blade systems.[2]
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A bladeserver is a stripped-down server computer with a modular design optimized to minimize the use of physical space and energy. Bladeservers have...
current and former servers within Dell's PowerEdge product line. Different models are or were available as towers, 19-inch racks or blades. In the current...
BLADE Network Technologies, based in Santa Clara, California, was a supplier of Ethernet network switches for bladeservers and server and storage data...
versions the functionality of iDRAC 7 is the same for rack, tower and blade-servers. An overview of the different versions: With the DRAC enabled and using...
BladeSystem is a line of bladeserver machines from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Formerly Hewlett-Packard) that was introduced in June 2006. The BladeSystem...
announced the H12 A+ Superblade, a bladeserver based on the 2nd gen Epyc 1P family of CPUs. It was the first bladeserver platform to implement AMD's Epyc...
The IBM BladeCenter was IBM's bladeserver architecture, until it was replaced by Flex System in 2012. The x86 division was later sold to Lenovo in 2014...
purpose rack mount servers. The BL line comprises bladeservers which fit within the HP BladeSystem, the SY comprises the Synergy Blades, and the XL (also...
inventors of the bladeserver, and former Compaq employees, the company pioneered the use of bladeservers, a compact, stripped-down computer server that includes...
many of the architectural achievements pioneered by bladeservers. Like a traditional PC, a blade PC has a CPU, RAM and a hard drive. It may or may not...
The Dell bladeserver products are built around their M1000e enclosure that can hold their serverblades, an embedded EqualLogic iSCSI storage area network...
that de-couples fixed bladeserver adapter network addresses from the associated external networks so that changes in the bladeserver infrastructure and...
Visualization Server variant of the V880 server. Sun's first-generation bladeserver platform, the Sun Fire B1600 chassis and associated bladeservers, was branded...
from the servers can be cheaply vented or used to help heat buildings, thus reducing the energy consumption of conventional heaters. Bladeserver Compile...
2012. It comprises a single chassis bladeserver design that supports a maximum of eight modular single-width blades, giving up to 96 processor cores. Computational...
announced the AMD Opteron-based Sun Blade 8000 modular bladeserver system. The Sun Blade 8000 chassis can hold up to 10 Sun Blade X8420 or X8440 modules. In July...
monitoring tasks, remotely power on/off bladeservers, and enable alerts for events on servers or components in the blade chassis. It has its own microprocessor...
for bladeservers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY BX consists of the following: Blade Chassis BX400 S1 BX600 S1 BX600 S2 BX600 S3 BX900 S2 Server Blades...
versions: the B-series (a powered chassis and full and/or half slot bladeservers), and the C-series for 19-inch racks (that can be used with fabric interconnects)...
PowerEdge (PE) line is Dell's server computer product line. PowerEdge machines come configured as tower, rack-mounted, or bladeservers. Dell uses a consistent...
over IP on a local area network (LAN). On some managed systems, notably bladeserver systems, the serial ports on the managed computers are not normally connected...
Intel Modular Server System is a blade system manufactured by Intel using their own motherboards and processors. The Intel Modular Server System consists...
and switches; SAN extension switches (FCIP), embedded switches for bladeservers, optical transceivers and SAN management software. Prior to the acquisition...
SPARC T3-series servers include the T3-1B, a bladeserver module that fits into the Sun Blade 6000 system. All other T3 based servers are rack mounted...
development of PowerPC technology and was two years as vice president of IBM's bladeserver division. Papermaster's decision to move from IBM to Apple Inc. in 2008...