Comments on: Data center energy efficiency http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/02/24/data-center-energy-efficiency/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Swaim http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/02/24/data-center-energy-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-13787 Mike Swaim Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:21:23 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1584#comment-13787 Another option is turning up the thermostat a few degrees. Intel's done some work on how cool a data center really needs to be, and I believe that they got away with a completely uncooled (other than fans) data center. Oooh. Here's the PDF http://www.intel.com/it/pdf/Reducing_Data_Center_Cost_with_an_Air_Economizer.pdf They let their test server room temperature vary from 65 to 90 degrees fahrenheit, and everything worked. Another option is turning up the thermostat a few degrees. Intel’s done some work on how cool a data center really needs to be, and I believe that they got away with a completely uncooled (other than fans) data center.
Oooh. Here’s the PDF http://www.intel.com/it/pdf/Reducing_Data_Center_Cost_with_an_Air_Economizer.pdf
They let their test server room temperature vary from 65 to 90 degrees fahrenheit, and everything worked.

]]> By: John Venier http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/02/24/data-center-energy-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-13751 John Venier Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:11:10 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1584#comment-13751 Part of the problem is that in today's large organizations, you are much more likely to be fired for turning off a server that is then later needed, than for leaving one on unnecessarily. It's the same reason that politicians avoid answering real questions, and bureaucrats avoid making decisions. The down side is much larger and more likely to occur than the up side. Part of the problem is that in today’s large organizations, you are much more likely to be fired for turning off a server that is then later needed, than for leaving one on unnecessarily.

It’s the same reason that politicians avoid answering real questions, and bureaucrats avoid making decisions. The down side is much larger and more likely to occur than the up side.

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