2.5 Advantages of Blade Servers

   * Reduced Space Requirements - Greater density provides up to 35 to 45 percent improvement compared to tower or rackmounted 
servers.

   * Reduced Power Consumption and Improved Power Management - consolidating power supplies into the blade chassis reduces the number
 of separate power supplies needed and reduces the power requirements per server.

   * Lower Management Cost - server consolidation and resource centralization simplifies server deployment, management and 
administration and improves management and control.

   * Simplified Cabling - rack mount servers, while helping consolidate servers into a centralized location, create wiring 
proliferation. Blade servers simplify cabling requirements and reduce wiring by up to 70 percent. Power cabling, operator wiring 
(keyboard, mouse, etc.) and communications cabling (Ethernet, SAN connections, cluster connection) are greatly reduced.

   * Future Proofing Through Modularity - as new processor, communications, storage and interconnect technology becomes available, it 
can be implemented in blades that install into existing equipment, upgrading server operation at a minimum cost and with no 
disruption of basic server functionality.

   * Easier Physical Deployment - once a blade server chassis has been installed, adding additional servers is merely a matter of 
sliding in additional blades into the chassis. Software management tools simplify the management and reporting functions for blade 
servers. Redundant power modules and consolidated communication bays simplify integration into datacenters and increase 
reliability.