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Insider: Storage Boosts Blades: Page 2 of 3

The growing adoption of blade server storage suggests that users are finding their way round some of the issues highlighted in last year's report: Blade Servers: Bargain or Bust?”. (See Insider: SAN Blades Controversial, B&S Insider Explores Blade Servers , and Battle of the Blades.) Overall, it seems adopters are more satisfied about the manageability of the heat and power requirements blade servers present. (See Blades Still Too Hot, Summer Storage Survival, Data Center Heat Wave, and NewEnergy Chops Its Blades.)

The latest Byte and Switch Insider report explores the available options for blade server networking, using comparative charts, and also outlines the future of the technology. Products from the following vendors are profiled:

  • Cassatt Corp.
  • Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL)
  • Egenera Inc.
  • Fujitsu Ltd. (Tokyo: 6702; London: FUJ; OTC: FJTSY)
  • Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ)
  • IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM)
  • Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT)
  • NEC Corp. (Nasdaq: NIPNY; Tokyo: 6701)
  • PlateSpin
  • Qlusters Inc.
  • Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW)
  • SWsoft Inc.
  • Virtual Iron Software Inc.
  • VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW)
  • XenSource Inc.

    — James Rogers, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch

    "Gigabit Ethernet: Blade Servers Fuel Storage Democracy" is available as part of an annual subscription to Byte and Switch Insider, priced at $1,595. Individual reports are available for $900.

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