Randall Shimizu wrote: > So the question then becomes is the blade the right platform ....??? After > all 10-20 not all that much. Would not a large SMP machine be much more > suitable.....?? Now of course scalability is entirely different for Linux and > Window, but does raise some interesting roi questions....
I second everything Gregory said. The only thing I don't like about blades is that they are all proprietary and expensive and seem likely to lead to hardware vendor lock-in. I would not invest in them unless there was an open standard implemented by several manufacturers. The prices on the IBM and HP blade systems are just astronomical. -- Tracy R Reed http://copilotconsulting.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
