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Green Data Center Calculator - Virtualization

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Created on: Jan 25, 2009 6:27 PM by MichaelStevens - Last Modified: Mar 27, 2009 1:08 PM by Patrick Avery

“Greening” an IT department is a priority for many businesses and companies across many different industries. The following calculator will help those departments estimate their carbon footprint. The calculator will give users a quick approximation of the results you can expect from server virtualization -- installing software that enables multiple applications to run on a single server, thus reducing the total number of servers in the data center.

The attached Zip file includes:

• Intro Page.doc

• Green DC-Virtualization2eco.xls

• Green DC-Virtualization2eco.ods

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