Category Archives: Optimization
N Plus One is on hiatus
The N Plus One blog is currently on hiatus. We encourage you to visit other Uptime Institute and The 451 Group offerings at the following sites: Uptime Institute Blog – interviews, videos, news and commentary on issues of concern to … Continue reading
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Who really benefits from private clouds?
In a recent post I might have come down too heavily on the side of the myth-busters when discussing the eco-efficiency of cloud computing. Clearly cloud is a disruptive technology and will have implications for energy efficiency, just as it … Continue reading
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Energy impacts of putting data center cooling on the UPS
Posted by John Stanley Putting critical data center cooling on a UPS system protects the cooling against “power blips” the same way that IT equipment is typically protected. When utility power fails, it can take anywhere from a few seconds … Continue reading
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Datacenter temperatures, server fans and the effects on power consumption
Posted by Jason Schafer One discussion topic that we continually hear brought up pretty regularly is the subject of raising the cold aisle temperatures in the datacenter and the fine balance between raising this temperature and the overall power consumption … Continue reading
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Technical scribblings RE Harmonizing Global Metrics for Data Center Energy Efficiency
Posted by John Stanley A couple of weeks ago, several industry and government groups from the US, Europe, and Japan announced that they had come to some basic agreements on “the guiding principles of data center energy efficiency metrics.” There … Continue reading
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A fun time to be a datacenter geek
Posted by Jason Schafer It’s ironic to an extent, if you think about it, that equipment and technology that undergoes such a fast refresh and obsolescence cycle resides in and is supported by a facility / platform that has historically … Continue reading
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PUEs of less than 1
Posted by Andy Lawrence As most of us concerned with datacenter energy efficiency know, the Green Grid’s PUE metric for measuring datacenter energy efficiency is widely accepted but frequently criticized. Some say it is too simplistic, some say that it should … Continue reading
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The Line-up for Uptime’s IT Symposium on Data Center Efficiency and Green Enterprise IT
We haven’t by any means completed our work on this, but today we are formally unveiling the core line-up for our annual flagship conference on Data Center Efficiency and Green Enterprise IT. Please look out for more because this event is taking on a life of its own. Continue reading
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Welcome to N Plus One
Welcome to this, the first posting in the new 451 Group and Uptime Institute blog, N + 1. This blog will cover topics in which we have deep knowledge and interest, including data centers, eco-efficient IT, corporate energy management, cultural change in enterprise IT, and carbon legislation. These topics and more will be addressed at our upcoming Symposium 2010 (May 17-19, 2010; Hilton New York). Please make plans to join us! Continue reading
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