Blade servers have been fixed in data centers for a long time, but the current situation has changed dramatically. Many enterprises now use rack servers instead of blade servers.
Server, the following is my professional analysis, let's take a look.
Enterprise business under the new trend requires a lower cost, higher efficiency, and more flexible IT architecture, and the converged blade architecture meets this demand.
A few days ago, at the IBM New Core Fusion Blade Architecture Summit Forum held at IBM's "Resurgence of Blades, Winning the Future", IBM Systems and Technology x86 and PureSystems solutions
The global general manager of the case, Adalio Sanchez, said that China is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, which is accompanied by a wider interconnection than before and a massive number beyond imagination.
According to data, enterprise business must be transformed to adapt to new trends, and this puts new demands on the cost, flexibility and efficiency of IT architecture.
Adalio Sanchez said: "IBM converged architecture came into being, breaking through the limitations of blade server architecture, integrating computing, network and storage in a single integrated management environment
The first choice for national enterprises to deal with IT challenges. "He believes that the new generation of converged systems based on IBM Flex System integrates storage networks and equipment, high-end servers and management functions into a single
1. In an integrated management environment, it can help enterprises complete IT transformation, reduce costs, increase flexibility and improve efficiency to meet the needs of big data storage, analysis and large-scale cloud computing environments
Virtualization needs.
What advantages can users bring when they deploy a converged system? Huang Jianxin, General Manager of IBM Systems and Technology Department Pure and Blade Server Greater China, explained in detail: First, it can directly bring
To reduce costs, such as saving 30% of energy and 50% of physical disk space; the second is to increase flexibility, such as by speeding up 66% of the installation time and quickly respond to business
Demand, and application performance will also be tripled; third, efficiency will be improved, for example, the application density in each rack and knife box will be doubled, and the space requirements of the data center will be reduced by 80%.
These are the advantages of the new converged blade architecture compared to the traditional IT architecture or traditional blade architecture.
IBM recently also launched new products based on the Flex System converged architecture, including the IBM Flex System x880 X6 eight-way server, x480 X6 four-way server, and x280 X6
Two-way server. Huang Jianxin said that based on the IBM X6 architecture built for System x and PureSystems solutions, the new system includes a modular blade design.
The increase in analysis load can be seamlessly extended to ensure nearly 3 times the performance growth, while providing elastic functions and virtualization tools to help reduce costs and the complexity of system operation management. IBM also
Launched PureFlex Solution for Parallels-MSP, designed to allow management service providers (MSPs) to flexibly integrate Web, IaaS, and SaaS based on the Parallels Automation software platform
And core services, and improve the speed, efficiency and economy of integration.
It is reported that Flex System will support both POWER and x86 computing nodes to suit the needs of different workloads. The highest I / O is 40GbE, 16Gb SAN and 56Gb
Infiniband FDR. The Flex System supports multiple generations of processors and is designed to protect user investment. In terms of management, Flex System manages all resources through a single node and automates daily management
Tasks to reduce complexity. In terms of storage, data tiering can be optimized between flash disks and hard disks to support connecting or virtualizing existing storage.
As Lenovo ’s acquisition of IBM x86 server is in progress, there are divergent opinions on the future development of Flex System and the relationship between IBM and Lenovo, Adalio Sanchez said that in the future IBM
Will work closely with Lenovo to continue to expand investment and commitment to the x86 server market. After all, we have to wait and see.
The above is a detailed explanation of how blade servers are converging. I believe you will know these contents after reading them!