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He first blade server designed specifically with virtualisation in mind will use AMD processors.
Interested to know how much memory it can take.
The problem we have with Blades is that we have plenty of space , but quite low power density. If we went with a fully populated chassis , we'd have an empty rack each side of it.
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Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
how many KW can you get out of a rack at your gaff then?
Its the measured SLA on Power Density - while we probably can exceed it , it would be wise not to - something like 3kW per square meter ( and its a 3000 sq ft suite ) For Vmware - ESX does use pretty well though as we can put a LOT of guests into a cluster of just a few 580's :)
I'd still like to know the Maximum memory ( without resorting to 8Gb DIMM's ) those blades can fit.
3kw per square metre is... assuming a 600x1000 rack... 1.8KW per rack? srsly? i thought life sucked for us at 12!Quote:
Originally Posted by Moby-Dick
try your maths again :) thats an average SLA based on the fact we have a 3000 sq foot suite ( about 280 Square metres )
with 10 rows of cabinets and 7 active cabinets per row ( excluding edge cabs which just have a switch in them ) that leaves about 4 square metres of floor space per cabinet - with a 3Kw/sqm SLA we can run 12Kw through each cabinet and still be in SLA for the suite.
WHAT? /\
/wanders off bemused