Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiencies in Your Data Center
Posted on Tue, Dec 07, 2010 @ 03:29 PM
When you think about energy efficiency in the data center, which companies do you think of? Google? EBay? Facebook? The reason that these companies come to mind is that these companies are leaders in data center efficiency and they regularly are featured as examples in data center management publications.
The reality is that more data centers than you might think are reducing costs and increasing efficiencies in their data centers. As organizations are tightening their belts and looking for savings, many have started looking at why their data centers need more cooling capacity and if they need to power as many servers as they are powering every day.
Today, it's becoming easier than ever before to measure energy efficiency in the data center because of software like Viridity EnergyCenter. By actually taking inventory of all of the equipment in the data center and looking at how much power it is consuming, you can stop guessing what your hardware is doing and start knowing.
When you are able to identify underutilized servers, you can make informed decisions about which ones can be retired, virtualized, or refreshed. The same goes for identifying the top power consumers in the data center. With the right information, you can determine the best placement for equipment based on rack space, rack power capacity, and server dimensions.
With actionable information in hand, reducing costs and increasing energy efficiency in your data center is an attainable goal.
Click here to read the "The Business Drivers for Energy-Efficient Data Centers."