Get your board in the water for the next Windows wave. Microsoft has set the official release date for Windows XP as October 25, 2001. Whether or not you are a beta tester, it is worth staying on top of XP developments over the next four months. A server blade is a single circuit board that contains components like processors, memory, and network connections usually found on multiple boards. Server blades have many advantages over traditional box-based servers, such as their smaller size, easier upgrading, low power consumption, and lower cost.
Server blades represent the next step in the evolution of rack-based servers.
Plan on moving your server architecture towards dynamically reconfigurable servers instead of dedicated processors. Incorporate server blades and their cost savings into next year's budget. Planning ahead increases the likelihood that they will be approved. Implement workload management software at the same time as server blades. The software is not available yet, but will make the best utilization of your server resources.