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February 28, 2010  6:58 PM

Blades, storage and VMware



Posted by: Raj Perumal
blades, c-class blade system, C3000, enterprise, Hewlett Packard, HP, iSCSI, shorty, SMB, Storage, VMWare, vSphere

Hi folks, so one of the common questions I get is, should I go blades or rack servers? I love getting this question because it allows me to talk about some topics I'm really passionate about, blades, storage and VMware. Now when I talk to enterprise customers, this answer is pretty cut and dry....

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June 30, 2009  3:12 PM

Direct Connect SAS storage for HP Blades



Posted by: Raj Perumal
blade servers, blades, C Class, C3000, C7000, consolidation, DAS, Direct Connect SAS Storage, FC, Fiber Channel, Fibre Channel, HP BladeSystem, iSCSI, SAN, Storage, storage area network

Hello again folks, in the SMB world, especially during these economic times, we can't always spend all the money we want on storage. Generally customers are limited to looking at some pretty low end storage options. I have always been a proponent of usings Blades in the SMB along with...

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May 25, 2009  12:37 AM

Racking HP BladeSystems



Posted by: Raj Perumal
C3000, C7000, interconnects, mezzanine mapping, racking a HP BladeSystem

One of the things I've seen a lot of is improper racking of HP BladeSystems. Sometimes people don't take the time to RTFM and end up putting the whole thing together wrong in the rack. You'd think this wouldn't be possible but it's not that hard to do. Two major things stand out wrong when...

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