– Rackmountable high density server (n servers/1U)
– Comprised of a custom chassis and multiple processing modules
– Intended for a single application (eg. web server, file server)
– Low power consumption
– Less cabling between blade server modules
– Hotswappable
– Limited expandability
– Easy to manage and service
– “Disposable server” – when it fails, it can just be thrown out
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