Comments on: Using blades as virtual hosts http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/using-blades-as-virtual-hosts/ A SearchServerVirtualization.com and SearchVMware.com blog Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott Lowe http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/using-blades-as-virtual-hosts/#comment-1515 Scott Lowe Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:41:51 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/23/using-blades-as-virtual-hosts/#comment-1515 Another reason organizations may not adopt blades is strictly a facilities issue–the higher rack density that blades create also requires a much higher power density and a much higher cooling density as well. Some data centers may have enough power overall, but can’t deliver that much power to that one spot. Similarly, data centers may be able to keep a rack full of traditional rack-mounted servers cool, but would not be able to keep a rack full of blades cool.

]]> By: Rick Vanover http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/using-blades-as-virtual-hosts/#comment-1514 Rick Vanover Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:14:37 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/23/using-blades-as-virtual-hosts/#comment-1514 I am convinced blades as hosts is a great solution for very large virtual environments in terms of number of hosts. They are also good in space constrained situations of course.

Another strategy is to mix blades – meaning within a chassis, have a few virtual host, a big database server, and the email server.

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