Blade Server: HPE BL460c vs Dell M630
Today I am going to talk about the Blade Servers features and the comparison model of HP and Dell. Here in this article I am going to take the HP BL460c Gen9 and Dell M630. I will come up the feature comparison of other vendors like Cisco and Lenovo later on. Also I will come up for the Rack servers comparison of other vendors.
Please make note I am not going to be in depth for this article as I am just comparing the key features of both the Blade servers. Please let me know if you required the detailed information of these blade servers, I will take that in another article.
HP BL460c Gen9
HP BL460c Gen9 blade server is actually designed for a wide range of configuration and deployment options, the HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade provides you full flexibility for enhancement of your core IT applications with right-sized storage for the right workload and resulting in lower total cost of ownership (TCO). This performance workhorse adapts to any demanding blades environment, including virtualization, IT and Web infrastructure, collaborative systems, cloud, and high-performance computing.
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| Fig 1.1- HPE BL460c Gen9 Blade Server |
With the use of HP Blade server HPE BL460c Gen9 Server Blade, you have standard internal USB 3.0, as well as future support for redundant microSD and optional M.2 support for a variety of system boot alternatives.
The BL460c Gen9 Server Blade includes an HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i as a standard feature with your choice of an HP Smart Host Bus Adapter (HBA) H244br or HP Smart Array P244br/1 GB FBWC for performance or additional features. They support for 12 GB SAS speeds for the two internal drives.
Dell M630
Dell M630 is called as PowerEdge M Blade server of Dell. It can accelerate workloads with next-generation blade servers that offer greater memory bandwidth and double the SSD capacity of prior generations. Dell PowerEdge M630 blade server is a member of the 13th generation of PowerEdge servers. You can have the workload capacity of your modular compute nodes with up to four 1.8" SSDs of local storage.
It can further Support business-critical workloads with modular-chassis features such as hot-plug, redundant power and cooling. With the help of advance server features like redundant embedded hypervisors, fault-resilient memory and multiple RAID options you can achieve the support for business critical workloads.
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| Fig 1.2- Dell M630 Blade Server |
Dell M630 PowerEdge Blade servers have efficient power supplies and fans with enhanced power management features and Fresh Air 2.0 configurations, Dell EMC modular infrastructure solutions can help reduce your hardware footprint and lower your total cost of ownership. It is scalable and have flexible networking as it enables the rapid access to the storage resources based on your server or cloud requirements with the help of Dell EMC network adapters.
It monitors server health, internal parameters and system performance without requiring agents to be installed in the server operating system
Above is the glimpse of both the blade servers in short, let’s talk about the comparison between both the blade servers in the table below.
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| Fig 1.3- Comparison Blade Servers: HPE and Dell |
