--- title: Worth Reading: We're a Decade Past Blade Server Market... description: Blade server unit sales peaked across all major vendors in 2015, with monthly averages declining in subsequent years. A pointed reminder to keep this market... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-we-re-a-decade-past-blade-server-market-peak-ipspace-net-blog-2iustii4e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Reading: We're a Decade Past Blade Server Market Peak « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Blade server unit sales peaked across all major vendors in 2015, with monthly averages declining in subsequent years. A pointed reminder to keep this market... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-we-re-a-decade-past-blade-server-market-peak-ipspace-net-blog-2iustii4e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2iuSTII4e.png og:image:alt: Worth Reading: We're a Decade Past Blade Server Market Peak « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Worth Reading: We're a Decade Past Blade Server Market Peak « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Blade server unit sales peaked across all major vendors in 2015, with monthly averages declining in subsequent years. A pointed reminder to keep this market trajectory in mind when evaluating Cisco UCS pitches from sales teams. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When did blade server sales peak across major vendors? Blade server unit sales peaked in 2015 across every major server vendor. In the years following that peak, monthly average units sold declined consistently. This makes the 2015 peak a useful reference point when evaluating whether blade server platforms like Cisco UCS still represent a growing or shrinking market segment. _Engineers evaluating data center hardware investments track market trajectory signals like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Server virtualization market heats up to win VMware refugees](https://daily.dev/posts/server-virtualization-market-heats-up-to-win-vmware-refugees-cwgafjb5i) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Windows 10 Deadline Boosts Mac Sales](https://daily.dev/posts/windows-10-deadline-boosts-mac-sales-vva7j9cxk) · Hacker News · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [49 Cloud Computing Statistics You Need to Know in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/49-cloud-computing-statistics-you-need-to-know-in-2026-2kw7imzht) · finout · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cloudspecs: Cloud Hardware Evolution Through the Looking Glass](https://daily.dev/posts/cloudspecs-cloud-hardware-evolution-through-the-looking-glass-fgn6qnyqw) · Metadata · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [India PC shipments surpass pandemic peak as first-time users upgrade](https://daily.dev/posts/india-pc-shipments-surpass-pandemic-peak-as-first-time-users-upgrade-usyafmpyv) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-we-re-a-decade-past-blade-server-market-peak-ipspace-net-blog-2iustii4e) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Worth Reading: We're a Decade Past Blade Server Market Peak « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-we-re-a-decade-past-blade-server-market-peak-ipspace-net-blog-2iustii4e","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-we-re-a-decade-past-blade-server-market-peak-ipspace-net-blog-2iustii4e"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:53:58.087Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:19:02.102Z","description":"Blade server unit sales peaked across all major vendors in 2015, with monthly averages declining in subsequent years. 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