Published on 06 August 2009
Nowadays the green wave is everywhere and this is
for a good reason –energy prices are increasing and this shakes
data center managers and urges them to find ways to achieve the
same high results but with less power. This goal is not so hard
to hit, provided you know why you are trying to make your servers
use less power and how to do it.
Why should I Try to Make My Servers Use less Power?
Data centers are among the largest consumers of energy and within
them reside servers. These servers are a large contributor to energy
consumed in a data center along with the cooling infrastructure.
According to research data, as quoted in the Data Center Efficiency
Experts In Demand article published in the online edition of the
Data Center Journal on June 13 2008, "Power usage of datacenter
centers (average kW use per rack) jumped 12% in 2008 over 2007"
and "40% of the data center's overall power consumption is used
by servers."
Also, as the Uptime Institute reports, data center energy use doubled
between 2000 and 2006 and by 2012, it's expected to double again.
With increased consumption and skyrocketing energy prices the result
is an expensive energy bill. Many data center owners are capable
of keeping up with the bills without cutting other expenses. To
them we say where is your sense of being a good neighbor to the
environment? To everyone else who must cut back, your servers is
a good starting point. This is not so difficult to achieve and once
you implement the right measures, you will reduce your energy bill
substantially without any negative effects on data center performance.
To read further, please visit the Data Center Journal website:
http://datacenterjournal.com/content/view/3067/40
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