By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Tue, 2009-05-05 08:37
This is an update to the very first white paper published by the Green Grid in February 2007 called “Green Grid Metrics: Describing Data Center Power Efficiency” to refine the nomenclature and intent of that paper. In that paper, The Green Grid proposed the use of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and its reciprocal, Datacenter Efficiency (DCE) metrics, which enable datacenter operators to quickly estimate the energy efficiency of their datacenters, compare the results against other datacenters, and determine if any energy efficiency improvements need to be made.
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Data Centres
By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Fri, 2009-04-17 10:21
Data centres are a fundamental element of the digital society we live in today. These can be called “critical infrastructure” both because many systems and functions in society depend on them and because they have a noteworthy share of our energy consumption, as well as a significant savings potential.
The objective of this microsite is to gather and allow easy access to solutions for improving data centres energy efficiency without compromising reliability.
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Wed, 2009-03-18 11:48
This Paper Courtesy: The Green Grid - Get connected to Efficient IT
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).
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By Sergio Ferreira / Published on Wed, 2009-02-04 11:29
The Green Grid is an association of IT professionals seeking to raise the energy efficiency of datacenters through a series of short-term and longterm proposals. For the short term, The Green Grid is proposing the use of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Datacenter Efficiency (DCE) metrics, which enable datacenter operators to quickly estimate the energy efficiency of their datacenters, compare the results against other datacenters, and determine if any energy efficiency improvements need to be made.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Thu, 2008-03-20 18:50
This report presents the interim results of the international project Efficient Servers which is conducted within the EU programme Intelligent Energy Europe.
The project’s central objective is to support the market development for energy efficient servers thereby exploiting energy and cost saving potentials. In the first project phase, the European market for servers, the server energy consumption and energy saving potentials were analysed.
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Tue, 2007-06-12 07:30
IBM aims at 42% energy savings in data centres
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a well-recognised concept in industrial buying centres. The TCO often reveals that the energy consumption cost over the lifetime of an appliance is of the same order of magnitude as its purchasing price. Even private citizens purchasing consumer goods are becoming more fully aware that it can be worth paying more for a piece of equipment if the extra cost is recovered by energy savings. Energy consumption has become a decisive argument when buying appliances, lighting equipment or a new car, among other things, but how many buyers consider energy efficiency when purchasing a computer?
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