All-in-One Guides:Data center design and infrastructure guide
Chapter 2: Data center power management
Server energy efficiency metrics
It pays to be green in the data center. As energy costs go up, IT equipment manufacturers are trying to streamline their products energy consumption. But what constitutes "effiecient?" Read about what steps are being taken toward efficiency metrics in the data center.
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Revised server energy efficiency standard due by year's end
28 Sep 2006
Article - A revised version of an EPA server efficiency standard is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Meanwhile, participants talk about measuring storage equipment next.
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Vendors tussle over measuring server efficiency
07 Feb 2006
Article - The IT community called on manufacturers to agree on an energy efficiency metric for servers at a recent conference hosted by the Environmental Protection agency. But it's not likely that vendors will come to consensus any time soon.
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Server energy efficiency standard finalized
06 Nov 2006
Article - The EPA and industry leaders finished a server energy efficiency standard that would allow end users to compare energy usage for 1U and 2U rack servers.
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EPA eyes Energy Star label for servers
04 Jan 2007
Article - The EPA may include servers in its Energy Star program, which as of now measures the energy efficiency of items like washing machines and desktop PCs. The federal agency will also undertake a six-month study on data center energy consumption.
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Data center energy efficiency group releases draft standard on servers
22 Aug 2006
Article - A group supported by the federal EPA has released a draft standard for measuring the energy efficiency of servers. If approved by the industry, the standard could become another factor in the purchasing decisions of users by calculating how much energy a...
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SPEC forms server efficiency committee
17 May 2006
Article - SPEC, a nonprofit that measures server performances, now has a committee to develop standards for server energy efficiency.