We have the HP c7000 Bladesystem which holds 8 fullheight or 16 half-height blades. You could look at the c3000 Bladesystem if you are interested in HP Blades. It holds 4 full height or 8 half-height blades. VMware ESX server is running on all 16 blades. We have Terminal Server /Citrix servers, Domain controllers , file servers, and lots of other servers running as VM's. Terminal Server /Citrix servers will run fine, however, they will not scale like physical servers. If you are getting 80 on a physical box, you are probably going to get around 40 on a Citrix VM.
Mike Original Message: ----------------- From: Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:15:40 -0400 To: [email protected] 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> ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
