[THIN] Re: Blade servers

Thanks everyone for your input - I was hoping these would be a good
solution!


Anthony Rallo
NT Systems Administrator III
773-399-7552
tony.rallo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

US Cellular
Chicago Corporate Office


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Madden [mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:13 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Blade servers

Hi Anthony,

I used to work for Compaq, so my answer might be a bit biased :-)

However, I love blades and absolutely recommend them. Now, just so you know,
I'm the kind of guy who almost always recommends "many little servers"
instead of "a few big ones." I've been using the 1U servers in my Citrix
projects for years, so the blades were just a natural progression for me.

With the HP blades, you can get 1P, 2P, and 4P models, so you should be able
to make them into whatever you want. Plus, they work nice with Altiris, so
you can reimage them on the fly when they get screwed up. ..They take way
less power and have no cables. The chassis has meshed switches and power
with redundant paths to everything.

The one bad thing that people say about the HP blades is that they cannot
boot from a SAN. (like Dell/EMC)  While this is true, I don't think it
really matters. For my Citrix environments, I like a lot of little generic
servers. I usually have two drives, mirrored. Then I use the SAN for user
profiles and data. Works no problem.

Brian

Brian Madden
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-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Rallo, Tony
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:54 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Blade servers

Is anyone out there using the HP/Compaq blade servers with MetaFrame?  Do
you like them?  Would you recommend them?  Any issues?  Any feedback is
appreciated.

Thanks - 

Anthony Rallo
NT Systems Administrator III

US Cellular
Chicago Corporate Office
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