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October 15, 2009 2:12 PM

Blades vs. rack servers: A different perspective

Posted by: Colin Steele

Blade servers, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Rack servers

Our recent blades vs. rack servers face-off between Chris House and Rick Vanover has spurred some hot debate. Virtualization blogger Aaron...

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