I'm very familiar with Dell's line of blade servers. As most everyone has pointed out, it sounds like one would be incredibly overkill for your environment. The cost of an entire chassis plus one blade is not very cost effective either, considering it doesn't sound like there's going to be rapid growth anytime soon. And finally, the noise and heat generated by a blade chassis would make it impossible for you to function with them sitting right next to you.
Take the money management was willing to throw down on a blade chassis/server and put it towards building an adequate server room for your equipment. - Sean On 4/22/08, Sharie Breaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Our company is in the process of dividing the business into two. Two > principals are staying at the current location and the other two are moving > to a new location. It is my job to purchase the server for the two that are > moving (of which I am going with them as well). We have four servers now: > Primary (which is the one I am replacing now), SQL (of which I will replace > in early 2009), Exchange & a Backup server. > > One of the principals is pushing blade servers. He feels there is a > smaller footprint, more room for growth for the future, you only need one > UPS and there is less power consumption. There is only going to be 8 people > at the new company with room to expand to 4 more. The current Primary > server is more than adequate for the 20 people that are at the company now. > There is no temperature controlled server room. There is an "IT closet" > where the wiring will be (Phone & Data) which is basically only 8' wide x > 30" deep with louvered doors in the common supply room. He suggested > putting the servers in the closet sideways of which I am against and said > no. I will be putting them in my cubicle with me as it makes it easier to > manage them. > > Since I do not know that much about blade servers, I need all of your > opinions. > > Sharie Breaux > Systems Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
