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Slim, hotswappable blade servers
fit in a single chassis like books
in a bookshelf -- and each is an independent
server, with its own processors, memory,
storage, network controllers, operating
system and applications. The blade
server simply slides into a bay in
the chassis and plugs into a mid-
or backplane, sharing power, fans,
floppy drives, switches, and ports
with other blade servers.
The benefits of the blade approach
will be obvious to anyone tasked with
running down hundreds of cables strung
through racks just to add and remove
servers. With switches and power units
shared, precious space is freed up
-- and blade servers enable higher
density with far greater ease.
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