Do you know? Very soon the cost of providing energy to a server will exceed the server’s acquisition cost in its three years lifetime. Energy hogging data centers are constantly sending feelers to an enterprise to wake up and conserve power, especially since servers need to be up and running all the time.
There are several ways that can help you reduce the consumption of energy in data centers:
Reduce the number of servers with the help of various high-density alternatives available in the market that includes virtualization and blade servers. Minimize storage hardware by using SANs or NAS devices that helps in combining the storage space, which in turn reduces the power consumption in the data center and also signify reduced acquisition costs.
Installation of energy saving hardware like multicore CPUs minimizes unnecessary and external electronics. The latest innovation CPU performance-stepping technology enthusiastically adjusts the energy that processors needs in relationship to the processor load.
Dynamic control of a server’s internal fans can minimize the power required when the air in the data centre is cooler. Liquid cooling of server racks can confine the amount of energy required to eliminate heat from the data centre. Data centers can also use hot aisle/cold aisle configurations to improve cooling efficiency.
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