re: The Datacenter Dynamic or Otherwise

allenstew — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:24:56 GMT

I tend to agree with you on this now that we have found a way to ensure we utilize the additional capacity with Virtualization. I know blades have a place in footprint constrained environments but I am not in the blade is the consolidation target camp. In the new virtualized datacenter is power and cooling still going to be a concern? I think it is a interesting question especially if we add larger servers and have a solid physical server to virtual machine ratio.

re: The Datacenter Dynamic or Otherwise

DavidZie — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:07:08 GMT

Hi Allen! I have the server hardware architecture (blade vs. multi-proc vs. big iron) discussion at a lot of customers. With the move to hypervisor-based virtualization and VM's that can support multiple-cores as Windows Server Virtualization will, my view is that the market will swing back toward larger physical servers, reversing somewhat the trend of the last few years towards blades. Density/power/cooling concerns will still be paramount but I think the "sweet spot" for server buys in the Intel/AMD space will go from 2-proc to 4-proc and there will be a resurgence of 8-proc servers.