As users scramble to scrimp and save by putting applications on low-cost blade servers, they are increasingly looking for more sophisticated ways to manage, provision and automate these new environments. Blade servers―high-density low-power blade computers―have emerged in the past two years as a less-expensive and space-saving option for corporate users looking to build scalable and redundant data centers. Server blades come in the form of single boards one-eighth the size of a typical 1U server and consume up to 12 times less power. The use of these low-cost devices―prices can start at $1,000―is skyrocketing. The Yankee Group reports enterprise and telecom users worldwide spent $95 million on blades in 2002, and the market research firm expects to see the market grow to $3.78 billion by 2006. The growing market for blade servers is driving hardware and software vendors to deliver blade management products. "Now, it's the Wild West in terms of managing blades," says Jamie Gruener, a senior analyst at The Yankee Group. "The server vendors themselves are offering provisioning tools, and the systems management vendors are putting out server management modules."
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机译：随着用户争先恐后地通过将应用程序放置在低成本刀片服务器上来节省和储蓄，他们越来越多地寻找更复杂的方法来管理，配置和自动化这些新环境。刀片服务器（高密度低功耗刀片计算机）在过去两年中出现，为希望构建可扩展和冗余数据中心的企业用户提供了一种更便宜，更节省空间的选择。刀片服务器采用单板形式，是典型1U服务器大小的八分之一，功耗最多降低12倍。这些低成本设备的使用（价格可能从1,000美元起）正在飞涨。 Yankee Group报告称，2002年全球企业和电信用户在刀片服务器上花费了9500万美元，并且该市场研究公司预计到2006年市场将增长到37.8亿美元。刀片服务器市场的增长正推动着硬件和软件供应商提供刀片管理服务。产品。 The Yankee Group的高级分析师Jamie Gruener说：“现在，就刀片管理而言，这就是狂野的西部。” “服务器供应商本身正在提供配置工具，而系统管理供应商正在推出服务器管理模块。”
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