The latest half-width Cisco UCS B-series servers are beautiful pieces of machinery. In such a small footprint it is possible to get two processors each with 10 cores and 20 threads. In addition, the blade supports an amazing 512GB of memory and features the ability to support up to two hot-swappable SSD drives.
Unfortunately, while working with this bleeding edge technology, I have run into several limitations. I would like to share some of the limitations I have experienced in the workarounds available today.
Cloud Architecture and Observability