Blades offer an amazing range of storage, server and network configurations in one box.  With it you can build vital business solutions that are more affordable, take less time to maintain, use less power and are ready to grow with you.  Inside, you can host thousands of various applications on Windows®, Linux, HP-UX and more with a combination of virtual machines, storage and server blades — Integrity, Storage Works and ProLiant— and a variety of the most popular networking brands and standards.
A BladeSystem is simply a smarter way to build an infrastructure that supports the vital applications your business requires—with fewer wires, lower electric bills and none of the headaches from the choices you have today.
Benefits of Blade Servers: 

• Lower total cost of ownership of servers
• Reduction in electricity cost 
• Higher server utilisation 
• Increased operational efficiency
  

Redundancy and disaster recovery for high availability for all components at lower costs HP now offer the versatile, hassle-free, HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure (also known as Shorty) built specifically for smaller sites with big computing and server needs.  The BladeSystem c3000 was designed for small rooms and harsh environments not intended for lots of servers and storage.  It comes in rack or tower versions, ready to run in the smallest spaces.  You can customise it and mix and match your choice of four to eight server, storage and PC blades.  Plus, it’s ready to virtualise from the start so you can multiply the cost, time and power advantages of blades with virtualisation across your server, storage and network.