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    This document compares blade servers and rack servers, discussing factors to consider when determining which is better for a business such as requirements, technology differences, financial analysis, and documentation. It outlines key areas to evaluate like purchase price, total cost of ownership, power consumption, failure recovery, manageability, and isolation. The document provides examples of technology for blade servers and advises capturing requirements, conducting a financial analysis, reviewing processes, and documenting responsibility assignments and skills assessments.

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    TCO Blades Vs Rack Servers

    Uploaded by

    Karina Bajaña Mendoza
    This document compares blade servers and rack servers, discussing factors to consider when determining which is better for a business such as requirements, technology differences, financial analysis, and documentation. It outlines key areas to evaluate like purchase price, total cost of ownership, power consumption, failure recovery, manageability, and isolation. The document provides examples of technology for blade servers and advises capturing requirements, conducting a financial analysis, reviewing processes, and documenting responsibility assignments and skills assessments.

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    Blade vs Rack Servers

    Which is Better for Your Business

    Agenda

    Define Better Technology Differences What Do I Include Financial analysis Documentation

    Better Is.

    Define Business Need (Requirements)

    Lower Purchase Price? Lower TCO? Lower Power Consumption? Faster Failure Recovery? Better Isolation (DMZ)? Easier Manageability? Etc

    Blade Server Front

    Blade Server Back

    Technology Differences

    Server Options Chassis


    Backplane Networking SAN

    Management Environmental Consideration

    Evaluation Documents

    Scope, Schedule, Budget & Timeline are usually in a project definition document.
    *Version & Date-Stamp it (them).

    Capture requirements: Type, Description, Submitter, Priority, and Satisfaction. Financial Analysis must compare current spend profile to new spending.

    Evaluation Documents (cont.)

    Process Review has to look at impacts of new system on existing processes. Keep deployment training in sight. Responsibility Assignments Do you have the authority to change who performs certain tasks? Skills Assessment should be documented in accordance with HR policy / direction.

    Examples

    TCO Spreadsheet Requirements User Guides Technology Capabilities


    Virtual Connect Networks Virtual Connect MACs and WWNs

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