Blade based systems

2003-01-14 Thread Cole Tuininga
I have a project that I'm working on that's going to require a fair number of servers. For space considerations, we've been considering going with a blade style setup. I have a couple questions for y'all regarding them... (BTW, they will be intended to run Debian Linux) 1) Pros and Cons? Is

Re: Blade based systems

2003-01-14 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:35:09PM -0500, Cole Tuininga wrote: I have a project that I'm working on that's going to require a fair number of servers. For space considerations, we've been considering going with a blade style setup. I have a couple questions for y'all regarding them...

RE: Blade based systems

2003-01-14 Thread Travis Roy
1) Pros and Cons? Is there anything I need to know regarding blade style servers in general? Backplane breaks and you're screwed.. That would be my only concern. Not enough space for some 1U rack mounted servers? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Blade based systems

2003-01-14 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:47:19PM -0500, Travis Roy wrote: 1) Pros and Cons? Is there anything I need to know regarding blade style servers in general? Backplane breaks and you're screwed.. That would be my only concern. Not enough space for some 1U rack mounted servers? Backplanes