Novell, IBM aims to simplify Linux blade server buying

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
10/17/05
Today's focus: Novell, IBM aims to simplify Linux blade server
buying

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In this issue:

* Novell, IBM announce per-chassis license for SuSE Linux
* Links related to Linux
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Today's focus: Novell, IBM aims to simplify Linux blade server
buying

By Phil Hochmuth

Novell and IBM are trying to make it easier for data-center
hardware buyers to deploy Linux on blade servers. Companies can
now buy a per-chassis license
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101205-ibm-linux.html?rl>
for Novell SuSE Linux running on IBM blade servers, as opposed
to purchasing an individual support license for each blade in
the box. The license would cover chassis with up to 14 Linux
blade servers, with the choice of Intel, AMD or IBM's Power
processors running on the hardware.

The two companies say users can save as much as $17,000 on a
single IBM BladeCenter chassis by buying Linux blades this way,
as opposed to licensing the software individually per-processor.

This is good news for those running Linux-based blade server
data centers; according to IDC, half of the blade servers
shipped in the second quarter of this year had Linux
pre-installed on them. Although blade server sales still
represent a small piece of the overall server picture.

Linux blade servers are a key tool in such areas as geophysical
research, genetic mapping and other compute-intensive products,
since the technology allows users to pack Linux machines into a
tight space, then run the nodes as a cluster, forming one giant
virtual processing powerhouse. IBM and HP are dominant in the
Linux blade market, but the field is still niche enough that
specialty vendors such as Egenera, Penguin Computing and Pogo
Linux can find room too.

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Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
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<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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