Many small businesses with larger server needs are turning to blade servers to pack big power into a small space. But what exactly is a blade server, and how do you know if it’s right for your small ...

Blade servers are modular, single-board computers, typically about 7 in. high, 2 in. wide and 19 in. deep. Each blade contains processors, memory, network controllers and other I/O ports; it plugs ...

Blade servers are no longer on the bleeding edge, but there continues to be a lot of debate about when and where the slimmed-down servers make sense. It seems they’re starting to make sense in a lot ...

Is it a blade? Is it a rack server? Hewlett-Packard's new p-class dual-processor server system combines features of both--giving it the oomph to handle a wider variety of tasks. Michael Kanellos is ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif.--Just now coming to market, super-slim "blade" servers already dominate the agenda, but even exciting new technology does little to dispel the gloom in the overall server market.

Essentially a server built onto a card that plugs into a backplane, this new product allows for greater server density than a traditional rack-mount server. Blade servers enable companies to get more ...

Even in the sprawling data centers of Los Alamos National Laboratory, space is an issue. That makes blade servers an ideal approach to getting a big computing bang in a small space. The New ...

Dell's PowerEdge C6220 squeezes four two-socket servers into 2RU, delivering blade server density at a rack-mount price Part of Dell’s server business is building custom machines for very large ...

Compaq Computer has begun selling its first "blade" servers, networked computers stacked side by side so that 280 can fit in a single 6-foot-tall rack, the company will announce Monday. The BL series, ...

Dell Computer wants a cut of the blade-server market. The company, in a press conference Wednesday morning in New York, announced a new blade-server line, dubbed PowerEdge 1655MC, along with ...