
August, 2004 Storage for Server Blades 22
Virtualization: blades and storage
‘scale in’ approach
Build on advantages of virtualized storage…
Vmware,
Microsoft Virtual Server
utilization
Content A
Database B
Content C
OS App
OS App
OS App
OS App
OS App
OS App
utilization
ProLiant BL bladesProLiant DL servers
Virtualized storage + virtualized blade resources
• Excess capacity on smallest scale out building block
• Server maintenance measured in physical instantiation
• Partition at the OS, reduce application contention
•Leading choices: VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server
• Partition the Resource
•Leading choice (Windows): HP ProLiant Essentials Resource Partition
Manager
• Net effect: better utilization, efficiency, flexibility
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