The Green Grid Metrics: Data Centre Efficiency Detailed Analysis

       

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Previously, The Green Grid published a white paper entitled “The Green Grid Metrics: Describing Data Center Power Efficiency”. The white paper discussed the need for a finite number of industry-accepted metrics that describe the effectiveness and efficiency of data centers around the world. The white paper also provided an overview of a proposed metric called the “Data Center infrastructure Efficiency” (DCiE).

This White Paper starts with an overview of the DCiE, and includes a graphical representation of the subsystems included in the DCiE, a discussion of how to obtain the required data and a description of, and suggestions for, obtaining DCiE in multi-use facilities. The overriding goal of this and all subsequent papers is to educate data center operators on how to collect the necessary data and interpret the metric in order to drive a given facility to a higher level of effectiveness and efficiency, i.e., a higher DCiE.