Data Center Power Consumption Efficiency is Top Priority
With Servers accounting for 40% of the data center’s power consumption, and storage consuming 37% of all power, efficiency is top priority.
Anyone responsible for managing a data center understands the increasing importance of power efficiency. This is especially the case in data centers where consolidation and higher-density equipment have packed more and more devices into less floor space.
Although many companies have already consolidated their storage and server environments, they could benefit further by consolidating their storage-area network (SAN) environments. In fact, some data centers have reached or are nearing the maximum power allotment for their facilities, meaning there is simply no choice but to consolidate and deploy more power-efficient devices.
IT managers already know that servers are putting a strain on the world’s power grids, but what is often overlooked is the energy consumption of storage environments, which are expanding rapidly to accommodate the explosive growth of digital data. IDC calculates that 161 billion gigabytes of digital data was generated in 2006 alone.
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