Quick way to save datacenter energy costs
Thursday Jun 14, 2007
While this strikes me as very cool, it also bothers me a bit because we can all take action now, that could make a bigger difference
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"Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI), has been joined by most of the biggest names in the computing industry, including Microsoft, IBM, HP, AMD, Dell and Sun, among others. The expressed aim is to make all computers being produced 90% efficient by 2010." ITwire: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12869/1023/
New Mantra:
"I'm going to run my servers at 10% higher utilisation and turn
off some old servers" (or even a higher % goal)
or...
"I'm going to consolidate and turn off some old servers"
See the math...
http://blogs.sun.com/bmseer/entry/the_total_tyranny_of_low
http://blogs.sun.com/bmseer/entry/total_tyranny_of_low_utilization
Then go home and buy some CFLs, and turn off your lights when not in use... 
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