Green Data Center Calculator - Comatose
Created on: Jan 25, 2009 6:31 PM by MichaelStevens - Last Modified: Mar 27, 2009 12:50 PM by MichaelStevens
Many IT managers are under pressure to “green” their data centers and help reduce their company’s carbon footprint. In practical terms, this means reducing energy consumption. The attached Green Data Center calculator gives you a quick approximation of the results you can expect from decommissioning “comatose” servers -- tracking down and turning off servers no longer performing useful work.
The attached Zip file includes:
• Intro Page.doc
• Green Data Center Comatose.xls
• Green Data Center Comatose.ods
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Our upcoming release of NightWatchman Server lets you see which servers our doing what we term 'useful work' by monitoring various system parameters, ties in nicely with this type of analysis.
cheers
Phil Wilcock
http://www.1e.com/SoftwareProducts/NightWatchmanServer/Index.aspx