Green IT's New Frontier: "Power-Capping" the Data Center

greenercomputing.com (Aug 13 2009) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers

1. Looking to get the most energy savings out of your data center? The newest technique, called "power-capping," may be your answer, even though at first blush it sounds like a very scary proposition. Power-capping does exactly what it says: It limits the amount of electricity that servers can consume at any given time. This not only controls the amount of electricity used in a data center, but also increases data center density. So enterprises save in two ways: Lower utility bills, and less real estate needed for their data center. (Read Full Article)

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