SERVER terminology

[gman10]

Hello fellow techs-

I hear many terms pass me by concerning server based products. Terms such as "backplane" or the server "blade". I play along and don't ask but I'm not able to find this terminology anywhere in any books. Does anyone know what these terms mean??

 

[CitrixEngineer]

A backplane is an electronic circuit board containing circuitry and sockets into which additional electronic devices on other circuit boards or cards can be added. It's not restricted to use in servers, but that tends to be its main use.

A server blade is a single circuit board populated with components such as processors, memory, and network connections that are usually found on multiple boards. Server blades are designed to slide into existing servers. Server blades are more cost-efficient, smaller and consume less power than traditional box-based servers.

CE