Comments on: Data Centers Are Sucking More Power from the Grid http://earth2tech.com/2008/03/29/data-centers-are-sucking-more-power-from-the-grid/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Big Blue Gets Lean and Green « Earth2Tech http://earth2tech.com/2008/03/29/data-centers-are-sucking-more-power-from-the-grid/#comment-10673 Big Blue Gets Lean and Green « Earth2Tech Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:00:28 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=1721#comment-10673 <p>[...] being processed in the cloud, it’s becoming more and more difficult to justify the enormous amounts of power data centers consume. Now let’s see what iDataPlex servers [...]</p> [...] being processed in the cloud, it’s becoming more and more difficult to justify the enormous amounts of power data centers consume. Now let’s see what iDataPlex servers [...]

]]> By: GigaOM Goes Green for Earth Day - GigaOM http://earth2tech.com/2008/03/29/data-centers-are-sucking-more-power-from-the-grid/#comment-10608 GigaOM Goes Green for Earth Day - GigaOM Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:37:01 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=1721#comment-10608 <p>[...] Data Centers Are Sucking More Power From the Grid [...]</p> [...] Data Centers Are Sucking More Power From the Grid [...]

]]> By: Fazal Majid http://earth2tech.com/2008/03/29/data-centers-are-sucking-more-power-from-the-grid/#comment-9989 Fazal Majid Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:40:35 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=1721#comment-9989 <p>I doubt that is an issue in colo data centers where you pay dearly for power/HVAC and space, far more than for bandwidth, but I have read estimates that in corporate data centers 30% of servers are decommissioned older servers running legacy apps that are no longer in used (or have been virtualized), but that are still powered on and sucking electricity because someone forgot to power them off.</p> <p>The coming budget crunch due to recession will force IT departments to clean house, as CFOs will no longer approve data center expansions, and the only way to make capacity will be to get rid of the clutter.</p> I doubt that is an issue in colo data centers where you pay dearly for power/HVAC and space, far more than for bandwidth, but I have read estimates that in corporate data centers 30% of servers are decommissioned older servers running legacy apps that are no longer in used (or have been virtualized), but that are still powered on and sucking electricity because someone forgot to power them off.

The coming budget crunch due to recession will force IT departments to clean house, as CFOs will no longer approve data center expansions, and the only way to make capacity will be to get rid of the clutter.

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