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HP, Dell and Fujitsu answer VMware's USB stick plea

b166er

Microsoft next? 

Posted Tuesday 26th February 2008 19:01 GMT

If only Windows came in a similar manner

Lynrd

"Not a revolution here"? 

Posted Wednesday 27th February 2008 14:03 GMT

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The embedded hypervisor in the Dell VESO (aka R805) and now all PowerEdge models means you can deploy servers with no local hard drives at all, saving power, reducing heat, and improving uptime with one easy move.

Sounds sort of revolutionary to me...

gizmo

@Lynrd 

Posted Wednesday 27th February 2008 14:48 GMT

Stop

Dude. You still probably need a few disks somewhere, don't you? Only a marketing flack would try make the energy argument here.

Booting a server from a disk across the net is hardly a revolution.