Google Proposal For Better Data Center Networks

Processor.com (Sep 9 2010) Cloud Computing , Networking , Servers

1. Google may be on to something as it is exploring how to build energy-efficient data center networks that use power proportional to the data that gets transmitted throughout the network. Most networks currently operate on the same power levels regardless of whether data use is at its peak, in a lull, or somewhere in between. Several Google researchers recently authored a paper, Energy Proportional Datacenter Networks, in which they propose several new methods of data center network designs. The methods pertain to the large clusters of 10,000 or more servers used by companies like Google and could result in significant energy and cost savings. In their paper, the research team demonstrated an 85% power reduction in a simulated energy proportional network. (Read Full Article)

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