In the view of Micronet, although blade servers have been running in the data center for many years, some subtle changes have taken place. Some strange factors force many enterprises to replace blade servers with rack servers. In fact, these factors can indicate that the design concept of the entire data center is changing. Why are blade servers being phased out by traditional enterprises? Where is the reason?
The rapid popularization of blade server virtualization is an important reason for blade server death. Although most modern blade servers can support virtual machines, simple economic, hardware and network factors make blade servers less popular in today's virtualized data centers.
In fact, server hardware resources are often not fully utilized. Virtualization technology can save more costs for enterprises (and extend the life cycle of hardware investment), so as to better use existing hardware.
In terms of cost, if a physical server can accommodate 10 virtual machines, its cost is equivalent to the first 10 virtual machines, then server virtualization is meaningless.
At first, companies that used blade servers thought it was OK. In the final analysis, blade servers are famous for cost saving. The problem is that blade servers cannot be independent like rack servers and tower servers.
Blade servers are very small because they do not contain power supplies or fans, and these components (and other components) are usually integrated in the expensive rack behind the blade to provide power, cooling, network ports, and other connectivity components.
In short, if only a few servers need to be placed, blade servers are much more expensive and costly than rack servers. The cost of the enclosure and the required additional modules is an important factor in determining the cost of blade servers.
On the contrary, if blade servers are used to fill the space of the entire enclosure, the cost of the enclosure will be allocated to all blade servers. In short, if enterprises want to save costs by purchasing fewer servers, blade servers may not be the best choice. There are many other solutions that can save more costs. At least in the view of micro network, this is not the optimal strategy.
After reading this article, I believe that if you don't understand the reason, you will suddenly realize that this is the reason why the blade servers summarized by Micronet are gradually eliminated by traditional enterprises. If you have more questions about the server, please consult Micronet. Micronet is an IDC service provider focusing on server rental and hosting. With more than 10 years of industry experience, it is safe, stable, reliable and reassuring. It is a leading enterprise in the domestic IDC industry. It helps thousands of enterprises to achieve network informatization, 7 * 24 hours of manual service, after-sales care free, and has a good reputation.
