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Queries the following Comparison is trying to Answer:
IBM Blades ( HS21 & LS21 & LS41 & HS21xm ) VS HP Blades ( BL460c & BL465c & BL480c BL680c& BL685c ) IBM Blades H Chassis VS HP C-Class Blades Chassis How does HP Blades compare to IBM Blades? Advantages & Disadvantages of HP & IBM Chassis & Blades What is better HP Blades or IBM Blades? How? Independent Unbiased Comparison IBM Blades & HP Blades IBM Blade Server vs HP Blade Server
IBM
BladeCenter vs HP BladeSystem
HP Blades VS IBM Blades
Introduction:
If you have reached this page you are more probably
already decided on using Blades, but still can't solve the puzzle of IBM
versus HP blades as they are the two main blades vendors and highly competing
to win their share of the blades market. If so you are at the right place
below are a fair comparison of IBM & HP blades. If you are looking for a
biased comparisons then please check the following links.
IBM
Blade Server vs HP Blade Server (IBM biased)
IBM
Blades VS HP Blades
BladeCenter S, BladeCenter E, BladeCenter H, BladeCenter T, BladeCenter
HT, Common set of blades, switches, I/O fabrics and management
infrastructure
BladeSystem c-Class, BladeSystem p-Class, bh 5700 ATCA
Intel® Xeon®, AMD Opteron, IBM POWER™, Cell BE™
Intel
Xeon, AMD Opteron, Intel Itanium®
Blades/Chassis
Redundant
Blades/Chassis
Fully Redundant
Blades/Chassis
Blades w/ hotswap
HDD per chassis
Fully Redundant
Blades w/ hotswap HDD
14
14
16
- Dual I/O connections to each blade
- Dual paths through the backplane to I/O, power and KVM
- Single I/O connections on BL460c and BL465c blades
- Single I/O paths for mezzanine slots 2 and 3 on the BL480c and BL685c
Solid
State Drives (SSD)
Available
Not Available
It seems a decision of more blades with hotswap HDD
per chassis versus a real redundancy is the greatest comparing factors
between HP and IBM blades. HP can fit more blades with hotswap HDD where
only IBM can offer a fully redundant blade and Chassis.
Light
Path Diagnostics uses battery to help diagnose even without power to the
blade.
HP offer diagnostics LEDs beside some components, but will not led without
power.
First
Failure Data Capture
Nothing Equivalent
Two
ports/card, managed
Two
ports/card unmanaged
Open
Fabric Manager, Uses standard switches, single login across 100 chassis
Virtual Connect, Uses proprietary switches, single login across four
chassis
HP does not offer a
hardware MM, but provide a management software that will require you to
install it on a blade or two if redundancy required. It can be installed
as well on independent servers. Its disadvantage for HP as it will use up
blades slots and require the customers to do installation.
PowerExecutive™
Power
Regulator, a bit Less functionality and over $400 charge
Other Related Comparisons:
IBM Blade Server vs Dell Blade Server
IBM Blade Server vs SUN Blade Server
HP Blade Server vs Dell Blade Server
HP
Bade Server vs SUN Blade Server
Dell Blade Server vs SUN Blade Server
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