Dell trying to regain lost blade ground
Published: 15 Jul 2005 09:50 BST
Dell announced a new hardware partnership it says can help improve the connection between storage devices and blade servers for data centres.
Blade servers are thin models that slide into a chassis that provides shared power and networking infrastructure.
Dell said its PowerEdge 1855 blade servers can now connect to two network switches made by McData. Pricing for a single switch starts at $8,639 (£4,908) and includes optical transceivers for faster data transfer.
The hardware is designed to fit in Dell's blade server box and automatically connect with a company's existing SAN.
The market for blade servers more than doubled, to $426m, in the first quarter, according to IDC's most recent server report.
IBM extended its lead in that market with 170 percent growth and 36.3 percent share. Number two HP, number three Sun and number four Dell all lost share in the market.
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