The Case for Energy-Proportional Computing.

The article focuses on energy efficiency and computing. Saving energy is a huge issue for servers and data center operations, with a particular focus on reducing energy costs. Laptop computers only require high energy efficiency during usage, but during sleep or standby mode they consume little to n...

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Publicado en:Computer (00189162) Vol. 40; no. 12; pp. 33 - 38
Autores principales: Barroso, Luiz André, Hölzle, Urs
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: IEEE Dec2007
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Sumario:The article focuses on energy efficiency and computing. Saving energy is a huge issue for servers and data center operations, with a particular focus on reducing energy costs. Laptop computers only require high energy efficiency during usage, but during sleep or standby mode they consume little to no energy. Included is a chart that shows the central processing unit (CPU) utilization of more than 5,000 servers during a six-month period. Spreading data across several CPU improves data availability because if a crash occurs it is less likely that data will be lost. Topics include energy efficiency at varying power levels, and the push for more energy-efficient computers.