3) Expandability is vital. Traditional servers offer up to a dozen or more PCI slots. If you need to extend the capabilities of your servers, then blade servers may not be the answer.
4) A smaller operation. Small businesses won't be able to justify the up-front enclosure infrastructure costs necessary for blade servers, particularly if they need only a few servers.
5) Support is needed for non-standard or legacy technologies. For companies that need to support older standards (such as Token Ring), rather than Fibre Channel and Ethernet, traditional servers will be the answer.
Before you decide whether blades or rack-mounted servers will ease your pain, ask your local IT doctor to diagnose your particular headache, and then decide which server cure is the right fit for you.
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