SK0-004 · Question #479
Which of the following is an advantage of blade servers over rack-mount servers?
The correct answer is A. Reduced power consumption. Blade servers consolidate shared infrastructure into a single chassis, reducing overall power consumption compared to equivalent rack-mount servers.
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Which of the following is an advantage of blade servers over rack-mount servers?
Options
- AReduced power consumption
- BEnhanced virtualization support
- CDecreased number of servers per rack
- DIncreased security
How the community answered
(47 responses)- A89% (42)
- B2% (1)
- C4% (2)
- D4% (2)
Why each option
Blade servers consolidate shared infrastructure into a single chassis, reducing overall power consumption compared to equivalent rack-mount servers.
Blade servers share power supplies, cooling fans, and management modules within a single chassis, reducing the total power and cooling overhead per compute node. This consolidated infrastructure means fewer redundant components and lower overall power draw compared to rack-mount servers, each of which requires its own dedicated power and cooling hardware.
Virtualization support is provided by hypervisor software and is not tied to the physical blade form factor versus the rack-mount form factor.
Blade servers actually increase server density per rack by packing more compute nodes into a single chassis, they do not decrease it.
Physical server form factor does not determine security posture; blade and rack-mount servers offer equivalent security capabilities.
Concept tested: Blade server chassis shared infrastructure advantages
Source: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/what-is/blade-server.html
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