Gartner: 5 tips for cutting data center power consumption

zdnet.com (Nov 24 2010) Servers

1. When market research and advisory firm Gartner decided to remove green data centers from its list of strategic imperatives for 2011, the decision was met with some gnashing of teeth. But, frankly, the decision didn’t really surprise me all that much because energy efficiency, space optimization, infrastructure consolidation, and proper disposal of outdated technologies have become mainstream — almost commonplace — for data center IT managers. In other words, energy efficiency is not a separate concern, it’s probably the primary concern after resiliency. The spirit of that decision makes itself felt in new Gartner commentary on data center design imperatives. According to Gartner, the trend toward higher density will be felt through 2012 — that’s density both in terms of the compute resources that are placed on the data center floor and the density of the power and cooling equipment supporting that equipment. The reason this is important is pretty ... (Read Full Article)

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