High-performance blade server optimized for virtualization
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21.
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Numerous
hot-swap/redundant capabilities
provided via the chassis
Server Comparison Chart
The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM BladeCenter blade servers, including comparisons of the uses for which
each server is best suited:
Theme
Key Workloads
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b
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m
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rm
a
n
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I/O
a
n
d
S
to
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g
e
D
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n
s
ity
H
ig
h
A
v
a
ila
b
ilit
y
S
y
s
te
m
s
M
a
n
a
g
e
m
e
n
t
S
e
c
u
rit
y
D
is
tri
b
u
te
d
D
e
p
lo
y
m
e
n
t
H
S
1
2
H
S
2
2
H
S
2
2
V
H
X
5
J
S
1
2
P
S
7
0
0
P
S
7
0
1
P
S
7
0
2
Cluster / HPC
3
1
1
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
Modeling & Simulation
2
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
3
3
High Performance DB
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
Business Intelligence
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
Search
3
1
1
1
2
1
3
3
1
2
Content
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
Communities
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
Commerce
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
Collaboration
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
2
2
ERP/SCM
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
CRM
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
Best
Hosted Client
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Point of Sale
3
3
3
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
Branch Office
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
Better
Virtualization
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
Business Continuity
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
Database
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
Good
Email/Collaboration
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Security
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
Web Serving
3
2
2
2
3
1
2
1
3
3
File & Print
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
1
3
3
BladeCenter Servers
Requirements
Infrastructure
Applications
Web 2.0 /
Web 3D
HPC
Business
Applications
1
2
3
Important
Nice to Have
Can do without
