Defintely look at Blades, and Virtualization, ESX/ and HP blades are making the grade these days, very nicely.
Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 ________________________________ From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blade systems Tom, have you considered consolidating and virtualizing? Or is it virtualizing and consolidating? In the long run it would probably be more cost effective. From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Blade systems Hi Folks: I'm in the market for a new blade chassis and eventually blades to fill up the chassis. I am not partial to any particular vendor although most of our equipment is Dell. We currently have a Dell blade chassis that is full and holds nine blades. When I contacted Dell the newest version is a chassis that holds up to 16 blades. That's great except the chassis is now three times more costly than what I paid for a chassis two years ago. At $15,000 for a basic chassis configuration, that's a lot to spend for a mid-sized non-profit agency. Acknowledging the redundency and power efficiency, I could instead purchase several servers for that amount. Recommendations? I'd like to get a new blade system but I need to afford it. These blades will be file and print, application. No attached storage or SAN/clustering (at least now). Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
