Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
What is the Cost of Electrical Power Consumption?
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the network-critical physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
