A server blade or just blade is a self-contained server on which each World of Warcraft realm runs. Multiple blades fit into an enclosure which provides the power, cooling, connectivity, and management to each blade. The blades themselves contain only the core processing elements, making them hot-swappable. HP refers to the entire package as a BladeSystem. By consolidating and housing multiple servers in a single enclosure, energy costs are significantly reduced, cabling is drastically reduced and managing servers is simplified.[1]
Blizzard has auctioned off retired blades in the past for charity,[2][3][4] including a 15th Anniversary one for the BlizzCon 2019 charity auction.[5]
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Arygos
Lightbringer
Lightbringer
Lightbringer
The Scryers
Malygos
Malygos
Barthilas, located at a museum
Minahonda
Alterac Mountains, taken apart by iFixIt
Tirion
Nathrezim DE - different than the others, presumably because the details (polycarbonate plate and plaque) were manufactured by a local (to DE) third party company, as opposed to the rest of the centralized servers (EU/US). The WoW logo is opaque rather than semi-transparent and the plaque on the left isn't 100% glossy, but rather just the text and has a brushed appearance.
A different Nathrezim-DE server blade showing the same qualities as the other one.
Nathrezim DE's plaque. Notice that only the details are reflective, unlike the global server blades.
Trivia[]
- Carlos Lucero has the Proudmoore server blade.[6]
- Sodapoppin has the Aegwynn server blade.[7]
- The Yogscast have the The Venture Co. (EU) server blade.[8]
References[]
- ^ Charity Auction on Blizzard's website
- ^ Blizzard Charity Auction Benefitting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Coming Soon. Blizzard Entertainment (2011-10-13). Retrieved on 2018-07-15.
- ^ The Blizzard Charity Auction benefitting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Last Chance. Blizzard Entertainment (2012-01-18). Retrieved on 2018-07-15.
- ^ The Blizzard Charity Auction Benefitting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Coming Soon. Blizzard Entertainment (2012-01-23). Retrieved on 2018-07-15.
- ^ BlizzCon® 2019 Charity Auction Starts October 31. Blizzard Entertainment (2019-10-29). Retrieved on 2019-10-30.
- ^ BlizzCon 2018 - The Vault | World of Warcraft
- ^ Sodapoppin 2018-12-25. $20,000 Christmas Gift Opening Stream (Part 1). YouTube.
- ^ The Yogscast. Yogscast Twitter. Twitter.
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