Rack vs. blade server: What's the difference?

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A rack server is an enterprise-grade server that is designed and built to fit into a standard-sized rigid metal frame, called a rack.

Rack servers provide a series of compelling benefits for enterprise data centers: Although rack servers are standard, easily obtained and suit almost any use case, the rack mounting paradigm also poses some potential drawbacks: A blade server is an enterprise-grade server built using a small and more modular form factor.

Unlike traditional rack servers, blade servers only connect to the common chassis -- backplane -- so there is no need to connect the blade server to power and network cabling.

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