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Server Comparison Chart
The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM BladeCenter blade servers, including comparisons of the uses for which
each server is best suited:
Theme
Key Workloads
Cluster / HPC
Modeling & Simulation
HPC
High Performance DB
Business Intelligence
Search
Content
Web 2.0 /
Communities
Web 3D
Commerce
Collaboration
ERP/SCM
CRM
Business
Hosted Client
Applications
Point of Sale
Branch Office
Virtualization
Business Continuity
Database
Infrastructure
Email/Collaboration
Applications
Security
Web Serving
File & Print
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Important
Nice to Have
Can do without
1
2
Requirements
3
1
1
2
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
1
3
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
Best
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
3
3
1
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
1
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
1
1
3
1
3
3
1
3
3
Better
Good
BladeCenter Servers
20.
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