Louis Gray writes “All of the hype over blade servers is simply overdone, given the minor improvements they have over more-traditional rackmount servers. Until blade servers overcome these limitations, it is exceedingly difficult to see how they will be able to expand their role from that of a niche sale.
BlueArc CTO Geoff Barrall says that the minor improvements in disk density don’t overcome the increased management and decreased I/O flexibility blade servers bring, in his latest column: Blade Servers Not Looking Too Sharp“
Link: bluearc.com
