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Aug 03 2009

10 things you can do to reduce data centre power use

Posted by: Dedicated Servers in Uncategorized, tags: Amp, Cutouts, Densities, Excess Power, Heating And Cooling, Inefficiency, Iterations, Many Other Aspects, Network Efficiency, Power Consumption, Power Point, Power Source, Room Layout, Scenarios, Senior Vice President, Source Processor, Temperatures, Thermal Solution

Power usage is one of the biggest concerns for a data centre, particularly because it involves so many other aspects of operations, such as heating and cooling, network efficiency, and monitoring. Here are 10 ways to reduce power use without negatively affecting the data centre.

Do an onsite audit & modelling: An audit can help identify areas of inefficiency, says Greg Stover, senior vice president of sales at NER.The audit should take into account items such as room layout, rack-by-rack IT equipment densities, CRAC type and location, total equipment power consumption, point temperatures throughout the room, cutouts, and leakage. Stover says, “Next, a modelling process with many iterations and scenarios can help you develop a complete thermal solution for the data centre that prevents excess power use.”

Source: Processor

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