Blade uses up to two Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 processors; and supports up to 192 GB of RAM running at 800 MHz, 1066 MHz or 1333 MHz (note that 1333 MHz is supported only with 8 GB or smaller DIMMs). The diskless nature of the Compute Blades means personnel can quickly swap out a failed unit, and have reassign the failed Compute Blade's volumes to the replacement. This can facilitate increased uptime in a production environment. Integrated Storage Area Network The integrated SAN consists of the HDD module (which accommodates up to fourteen 2.5" HDDs in the MFSYS25 chassis, and up to six 3.5" HDDs in the MFSYS35 chassis) and the Storage Control Module(s). Each Compute Blade accesses volumes, which are assigned to it by connecting to the Storage Control Module(s) through its integrated SAS HBA. References External links Product homepage on the Intel website Intel products Server hardware