One component in a system that is designed to accept some number of components (blades). Blades can be individual servers or clients that plug into a single cabinet or individual port cards that add connectivity to a switch. A blade is typically a hot swappable hardware device, but a software architecture could use the blade terminology as well. See blade server and blade PC.
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- Different?How is this any different from your typical "blade" server format from any number of different vendors? This article is all bun and no beef.Steve G.I think So!!!I believe it's definitely different from blades.Being Micro I believes it means very smaller than usual.If you compare the chassi of blade servers...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
- Why bother with a new standard?What Intel needs to do is use the pre-existing motherboard form factors like Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX. Why can't they just design a board in the Mini-ITX form factor for a single-socket Xeon 3400-series processor with ECC RAM and dual-GBe ports with the standard fare...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- SAP regaining its mojo?
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- Blog posts 2009-10-27
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- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Blade API Monitor 3.5.1.8 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- ClearView RC Flight Simulator 5.11 (Windows)
- Professional quality RC flight simulator for radio controlled planes and helicopters. This is not a game. ClearView specializes in "real life" simulation of electric, glow and gas RC helicopters and planes, including TRex 450, Blade CX, CP and CP Pro, Hone Bee, Raptor 60 and 90 and many others. The...
- Software downloads 2009-10-19
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- Blog posts 2009-10-13
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- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Canon Vixia HF S11
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- Product reviews 2009-10-02
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- Webcasts 2009-10-01
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Blade Servers and Virtualization
- Part of the "Masters of Virtualization" Series from IDG, Dell and Microsoft.
- Webcasts 2009-09-22
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
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- Blog posts 2009-09-16
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- Blog posts 2009-09-11
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- Blog posts 2009-09-02
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- Blog posts 2009-09-01
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
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