[LINK] Blade servers solve space dilemma

[Martin Barry]

$quoted_author = "Bernard Robertson-Dunn" ;
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> 10-12% improvement in space utilisation with blades I can believe.

I'm actually surprised it's not more.

Power density is usually an issue...
 
> "Ironically, we got a 12-13 per cent power saving going to these 
> chassis. Not only have we saved space but ironically we've saved power. 
> We also have a denser computing environment over the same amount of 
> space," he said.

...so this surprises me a little. They must have been running extremely
high server density to start with.

cheers
Marty