Server power consumption, going through the roof!
According to Dr Jonathon Koomey of The Uptime Institute and a leading Stanford University professor, the amount of power consumed globally by servers doubled between 2000 to 2005. By the end of 2005 the world was using 123 billion kilowatts of power to run the world’s servers.This equates to over 66 million tonnes of CO2 per annum. For sure, it is likely to have at least doubled again since. Alarmingly, Western Europe’s growth rate is above the world average, so in the IT arena at least, contrary to popular opinion, the US are not the great pollutors – we all are! The same professor is suggesting massive increase in data centre usage is necessary to cope with the increasing global computing demand.
Reducing carbon emissions should be on every company’s agenda, and addressing server usage has never been more important. By virtualising servers, companies can dramatically cut their carbon emissions both directly (running fewer servers) and indirectly (reducing air conditioning requirements), saving thousands of pounds in energy costs into the bargain. Add in high availability tools such as everRun from Marathon Technologies and business critical software stays up and running at a higher level then before. In summary – lower hardware footprint, less carbon emissions, lower energy bills and business critical systems achieve 24/7 Uptime!
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