Name: Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers
Rating: 9.9 (8 reviews)
Author: Lenovo

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

AI Code Generation

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Contract Analysis

Enterprise Content Management

Payment Facilitation

Visitor Management

Enterprise

Accounting

CTRM

Travel Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Compensation Management

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Access Gateways

Application Server

Cloud Storage

Container Security

Data Center Backup

Data Preparation

Embedded Database

Enterprise Service Bus

Fraud Detection

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

LAN Switches

Message Oriented Middleware

Mobile Data Security

Mobile Identity

Monolithic Frame-based Disk Arrays

Network Performance Monitoring

Storage as a Service (STaaS)

Value-Added Resellers (VARs)

Virtualization Management

Website Hosting

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Customer Advocacy

Ecommerce Personalization

Email Marketing

Marketing Attribution

Marketing Automation

Mobile Advertising

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Task Management

Professional Services

Customer Onboarding

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Sales Content Management

Sales Performance Management

Sales Training

Sales

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management

Intrusion Detection

Virtualization Security

Security

Aviation

Fleet Management

Hospital Management

Intelligent Document Processing

Online Ordering

Online Voting

Practice Management

Veterinary

eDiscovery

Vertical-Specific

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Lenovo now offers and supports the former BladeCenter blade servers and products, since acquiring the product line from IBM. The product line is now offered as the Lenovo Flex System series of blade servers.

Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers

A blade server is a modular, configurable server requiring a blade enclosure or chassis (which performs additional computing functions) structured to increase power and cooling efficiency and take up less physical space without sacrificing computing power.

Blade Servers

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IT Manager

Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers (formerly IBM BladeCenter) 2021-08-18 16:01:10

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Amazon API Gateway

IBM Cloud App ID

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RealVNC Connect

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Management module

Updates and changes

Receive emails

Implementation process

Good use

Still using

Web interface

Management feature

Easy to configure

Drop down

Hard drives

Switch back

Remote management

Light weight

Feature that allows

Extremely convenient

One application

Home

The Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers were used to organize my entire IT server park in Brazil. With Lenovo, we were able to reduce the number of physical servers, migrating all to a VM and with much more power of processing and availability across the Brazilian company and integrating with our headquarter in Italy.

Physical disks management
Integration with VM
Ethernet scalability without any lost compression.

More parts for prompt delivery
More courses with certification
IA for implementation process

Hardware performance
The easy integration with AS/400 system
The brand trust

Positive: The improvement
Negative: The Price
Negative: Don't have prompt delivery for disks

PowerProtect DD (formerly Dell EMC Data Domain)

Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2

All of our servers are Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers. We use Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers for nearly all of our computing needs. Only two non-BladeCenter servers from an earlier era remain active. It prevented the need for costly new server infrastructure. Since the price was so much lower, we didn't have to bother with getting approval from higher-ups to buy as many servers as we required.

The Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers warn IT employees of hardware issues. It's helpful to be notified of potential concerns so we can solve them early.
Buying servers is easy. Select the central processing unit, the amount of RAM, and any expansion cards you may need.
The physical BladeCenter can spot problems quickly. Front-panel LEDs show the status of much of the gear.

I wish we'd used this BladeCenter more because it simplifies IT.
It could be my browser, IE. I click and wait till the screen updates and changes so I can do specific actions.
If there's an urgent alert at night, I'd rather get an SMS.

Costs for BladeCenter servers are roughly 50% lower than those of traditional servers.
Hardware performance.
Integration is really simple.

Rather than launching multiple Windows or VNC sessions to monitor multiple servers, you can use the application's remote management capability instead.
Our IT department was able to more quickly and easily acquire buy-in for necessary expenditures and accomplish other goals.
True cost savings require figuring in the price of the BladeCenter itself, which may seem exorbitant at first glance.

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Lenovo BladeCenter Blade Servers are being used across our organization. Almost all of our servers are BladeCenter servers. There are only two older servers that have not been decommissioned that are not BladeCenter servers. It kept the cost of purchasing new servers low. We were able to purchase as many servers as we needed to accommodate our needs without having to negotiate the purchase with upper management because of the lower cost.

The Lenovo BladeCenter has a management feature that notifies the IT staff when there are any hardware problems. It is extremely convenient to receive notifications for potential problems that we can address before they become problems. It also allows us to log into one place and see the status of all BladeCenter servers. That is very helpful.
It is very easy to configure servers for purchase. You only need to choose the processor and memory, and maybe an additional card if you have special requirements. If you want the server to boot using it's own hard drives, then you would need to add that. If it will boot from a SANS, then that is not even needed. The rest is handled by the BladeCenter.
The physical BladeCenter is designed to see if there are any issues at a glance. There are a led's on the front of the unit that allow you to see the status of much of the hardware.
There is a remote management feature that allows you to see the servers from one application without having to open several remote sessions from Windows of some other VNC service. You can just open a web browser and easily click a drop down to switch back and forth to see your server screens. This is very convenient if you are doing mass server maintenance and restarting several servers at once.
Hardware maintenance is very easy. Instead of dismounting a heavy server from a rack, or lifting a large server tower, these are light-weight blades that slide out of the BladeCenter. They are very easy to take out, add memory or change processors, or do whatever maintenance is needed, and then just slide back into the BladeCenter.

We purchased the BladeCenter with the expectation of using it for many years, and only replacing the servers when they got older. IBM/Lenovo technology has changed and we can no longer purchase servers that are compatible with our BladeCenter. We got a lot of good use from it, and are still using it. However, our future purchases will not be blade center servers because we will either have to buy another BladeCenter or regular rack mounted servers. I wish we could have gotten more use out of this BladeCenter because it makes IT live much simpler.
Sometimes the BladeCenter's web interface for the management module has trouble switching between areas. I use IE and it could just be a browser issue. I just have to click and wait sometimes before the screen updates and changes so I can perform certain tasks.
It would be nice to have a text option for alerts. You can configure email and "IBM Director" alerts, and tell it which types of alerts you want and if you just want information, warnings, or critical alerts. We don't use IBM Director so I'm not familiar with the features. That may have more options. With just purchasing the management modules I can only receive emails. If there is a critical alert at night, email is not going to get my attention; a text would.

BladeCenter servers are about half the cost of standard servers. To get true cost savings you must calculate the cost of the actual BladeCenter which may appear to be cost prohibitive, but it does have other benefits. We received ROI after purchasing 7 servers in a BladeCenter that could hold 14.
Our budget allowed us to purchase twice as many servers as planned because the cost of each server went down after investing in a BladeCenter. It was easer to get approval for purchases and do what we needed as an IT department.

Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers
Formerly IBM BladeCenter

Overview

What is Lenovo Flex System Blade Servers?