http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/server/blog Server Room Wed, 28 May 2008 04:19:08 GMT Clearspace 2.5.9 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2008-05-28T04:19:08Z http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/server/blog/2008/05/28/big-servers-are-back <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:385f9ec7-9de5-4dfd-bc80-7b9f5b34429e] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p>One trend that is really starting to take shape in the server industry is that big servers are back! That doesn't mean big servers ever disappeared off the map. Historically bigger servers with 4 or more processor sockets have been 7-8% of the server market from a volume perspective. And bigger servers have always been used for scalable, data-demanding enterprise applications which IT values for it's performance, headroom and reliability. What we're seeing now is a greater shift in popularity towards these servers as IT invests more and more in this direction. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>So, why is that? Well, check out this video and then let me know if you agree or disagree. After you watch it I'd also be curious to learn more about what you value as the most important buying criteria when you go big. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><!--[CodeBlockStart:fd87ed98-4c88-48b9-afae-41c9a56b6ee2]--><span><embed height="355" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nJSrZGlm2zQ&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" wmode="transparent"></embed></span><!--[CodeBlockEnd:fd87ed98-4c88-48b9-afae-41c9a56b6ee2]--><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:385f9ec7-9de5-4dfd-bc80-7b9f5b34429e] --> consolidation servers big vmware spec database erp benchmark solutions trends virtualization xeon datacente intel performance server x86 benefits Wed, 28 May 2008 20:05:23 GMT bryce.olson@intel.com http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/server/blog/2008/05/28/big-servers-are-back 2008-05-28T20:05:23Z 1 year, 6 months ago 1 http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/server/blog/comment/big-servers-are-back http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/server/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=11223