AnzioBake (1/17/2013)
okay, so maybe my understanding is incorrectas examples:
Fixed server: 4 sockets, 8 memory slots, dual NIC, dual IO connectors
Blade: Four server slots, each with above
Invalid comparison, a blade server is a single unit not 4 combined!
Fior a start compare the CPU types that are supported between the 2, the DL585 supports a much higher spec CPU than the blade does.
The number of expansion slots available to your blade as opposed to a DL585 for example will be vastly different. The DL585 G7 has around 11 x PCI-E slots and can handle up to 1 TB of memory and 8TB internal SAS storage, try fitting that lot into a blade!!
Now take the blade, base this on the higher spec BL680C and not the inferior BL460C
Expansion slots = 3, max memory = 128GB, 2 internal drive bays
Hmm, what's more scalable here?
AnzioBake (1/17/2013)
When server become hardware bound, for the dl585: purchase complete new server, move db's over, reconfigure apps etcFor blade, add new server board, configure to incorporate into current server
What am I misunderstanding?
Add new board?? You neglect to cite the part where you reinstall the OS as the hardware totally changes when changing the mainboard, if your DL585 only has 2 CPUs and 64Gb RAM and you add extra then you don't need to reinstall the OS.
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