New iDRAC License Adds New Features Like Telemetry Streaming To Your Blade...
One very important consideration for choosing your blade server is the type of embedded management license you need. I’ve seen organizations attempt to save money by going with the low end license...
View ArticleHelpful Blade Server Links (Updated)
Here is a list of blade-related websites that may help you find more information about blade servers. Since vendors tend to move their sites without notice if you find a dead link, please let me know....
View ArticleThe Hit Movie, AVATAR Processed on HP Blade Servers
Since it is Thursday, I thought I’d do a throwback to the blog post that launched “BladesMadeSimple” from January of 2010. Enjoy! Since the hit movie AVATAR surpassed the $1 Billion Revenue mark this...
View ArticleWhat Blade Servers Are Certified as VMware vSAN Ready Nodes?
In this day and age, 99% of datacenter environments are virtualized, however a fraction of those environments are using virtualized storage, aka “vSAN”. I thought it would be interesting to take a...
View ArticleIntel Announces End of Optane Memory But There’s More to the Story
I woke up today with a nice blog post from Tom’s Hardware titled, “Intel Kills Optane Memory Business Entirely“. While this may not e a surprise to some, it sure jolted me. As I started to look into...
View ArticleAn Updated Way to Get GPUs on Dell PowerEdge MX7000
It should be no surprise that the popularity of accelerators in the datacenter continues to grow. In years past, I’ve written a few blog posts on the GPU options for blade servers, but at that time,...
View Article2022 – Year in Review
As my final blog post of the year, I always like taking a look into my 2022 metrics. It’s fun to see what people search for, and where they come from, so here’s what I found. Before I begin, let me...
View ArticleIntel Announces 4th Generation Xeon Scalable CPU
Today Intel officially announced the 4th Generation Xeon CPU, formerly known as “Sapphire Rapids.” Here’s the list of all 47 CPU bins. 4th Generation Intel Xeon CPU List Product Name Total Cores Max...
View ArticleA Blog Post on Blade Servers Written by AI
Blade servers have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their high density, scalability, and flexibility. A blade server is a type of server that houses multiple blade modules, which are...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide
This document is an overview of the architecture, features, and functionality of the PowerEdge MX networking infrastructure, including the steps for configuring and troubleshooting the PowerEdge MX...
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