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New report posted on carbon, energy, and sustainability management software
The 451 Group’s Eco-Efficient IT research service has just published a new report (written by yours truly) on carbon, energy, and sustainability management software. The executive overview, which contains some key bullet points and the table of contents for the … Continue reading
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Virtualization eats memory; memory eats power
A recent survey from system management company Kernel came up with the finding that memory capacity, rather then processor performance, is the biggest factor limiting greater virtual machine density in the datacenter. In other words, a server usually runs out … Continue reading
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Some datacenter trends for 2011
The Eco-Efficient IT team at The 451 Group, which I lead, has just published its annual preview, forecasting what we think will happen next year. The report is exclusive to 451 subscribers, but it is worth pointing to a few … Continue reading
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Green Grid proposes road map for server power management feature adoption
–Posted by John Stanley The Green Grid recently released a paper proposing a road map to stimulate the adoption of power management features in servers. These features have the potential to save energy and cut costs, but at present many … Continue reading
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Two reasons that data centers don’t need special treatment under carbon laws
–Posted by John Stanley Although data centers use approximately 3% of US electricity (likely with similar figures around the world), IT is widely recognized as being crucial in decarbonizing “the other 97%” of the economy. IT enables several environmentally beneficial … Continue reading
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Uptime Institute 2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards Application Period Is Now Open
The Uptime Institute 2011 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards application period is now open. The GEIT Awards are the Institute’s highest honor. The Institute grants these Awards to projects, ideas, and products that significantly improve energy productivity and resource use … Continue reading
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The SEC ruling and your data center, Part 1
Posted by John Stanley This is Part 1 of a multi-part post on the SEC’s recent ruling on climate change. This post provides a brief summary of the ruling itself. One or more subsequent posts will drill down into the possible … 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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