Dell now understands importance of server utilization
Wednesday Feb 18, 2009
Even Dell is starting to get it. Server utilisation levels in a data centre are critical to advance overall performance, improving productivity, and reducing costs.
In: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q09-20090176-esser.pdf
They say:
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Operational policies designed to increase server
utilization and advance overall performance and
efficiency can lead to dramatic improvements in data
center productivity without increasing power
consumption.
Yes indeed, I've been blogging that since 2005, remember this little gem from 2006: http://blogs.sun.com/bmseer/entry/the_total_tyranny_of_low
But I ran into several customers last week where a major computer vendor (not Dell or Sun) was telling everyone that 10% server utilisation was the most important utilisation to measure - SHAME ON YOU!
Can a group at SPEC or TPC just get on with adding power measurement to all benchmarks as they exist now at benchmark utilisation levels? ...Or just what is going on behind closed doors?
DISCLOSURE: I'm not on any SPEC or TPC committees, nor do I read any confidential updates from Sun employees who do.
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