Four ways to save energy and money in datacenters

In an era of consolidation and virtualization of servers, one of the priorities of companies have been finding ways to reduce the power consumption of their data centers. ComputerWorld The U.S. broke four tips that can help IT departments to save energy not only as an investment. See below:

1 - Consolidation of virtualization: save 15%: unify servers using virtualization reduces the number of physical equipment and saves energy, but not as much as you may think. Why? One simple reason is that servers with configurations heavier tend to use more energy than those they replace. What is needed for the economy in such a project? The vice-president of Terremark, Ben Stewart, believes that it is possible to cut by about 15% the cost of energy by reducing space in data centers, for example.

2 - High-density servers? Spread them: these servers can improve performance, but not always the best solution for the datacenter where the redundancy, power distribution, cooling and space are taken into account. Without meaning to, you can run out of energy and space without occupation. By expanding the density also increases the medium, which may not be as necessary if everything is scattered.

3 - When it comes to spending on cooling, there is always something that resembles the "free lunch" and a data center located in specific regions such as the Pacific Northwest or Canada, you can reduce or eliminate cooling costs in much of the year. That's because they contain devices that use the cold outside instead of keeping related parties to keep cold.

4 - If you need professional help, ask: If you are running a datacenter old and not know where to start - or even if you think you know - and hire a consultant. An outside consultant can look at where it is possible to reduce power consumption by more than one-third, for example.

Source: ComputerWorld