Server form factors

  A question/comment about Server form factors: Differences between Rack Mounted, Towers, and Blade Servers?

Rack-mounted servers are servers mounted in a server rack. They are servers designed to meet a broad range of requirements by using space-efficient configurations.

A distinction is their shape and structure as, unlike conventional servers shaped like PCs, this one is much wider and flatter, so it can fit in any server rack. Oftentimes, rack servers are used if a small number of servers is required, as they are highly cost-effective and have low upfront costs.

With blade servers, you get the functionality of multiple servers in a very small package, using a minimal amount of space and providing high processing power. Hot-swappable components and usually compacted into a single chassis, multiple blade servers can be slid and fitted and operate efficiently.

According to your definition of how you want to describe things, the tower server is the most common server. As it can be referring to a big self-contained rack with one or multiple machines populated in it.  Its appearance looks like our PC host but it is bigger because it has many slots, which are needed to extend the server’s functions.