Need the IBM bladecenter battletank that is most recent (read: most reliable for vsphere 5.x)

[williambishop]

So, I've been on IBM bladecenters since 2006. Yes, we have some UCS too, but my server environment is strictly IBM. I've had good and bad blade series...the last, and my favorite were the hs22v's, with 5650 procs. ROCK SOLID. But, they're getting harder to find, and I think it's getting towards time to buy a newer series. Anybody got any recommendations? And seriously, only experience please. Don't give me "they're all good", because I've gone through the reality of it. I need the next tank. Anybody? Bueller?

[rcporto]

The last blade server for BladeCenter chassis is the HS23, but I think these one will be hard to find too... since there is a new chassis for IBM that is PureFlex System and that was sold to Lenovo... but based on trust you have in IBM I recommend you take a look a IBM Flex System x240 node or if you need a bigger node, check out the IBM Flex System x280 X6.

[williambishop]

I purposely avoided moving to flex. I have 10 chassis of the HS, my only goal is to extend the life of these as long as possible so that some of the dust settles and when I move into the next phase of compute, it's the right step. Right now, I'm leaning towards complete SDDC (read evo),  so the expensive arrays go out the window. I see the "pod" as not only rapidly growing, but achieving dominance. If I can get a couple more years out of these chassis, I see no reason I can't start into the more modular design.