NETWORKING—SECURITY—UPS—STORAGE
Emerson Network Power
introduces Energy Logic:
a new approach to data
centre energy optimisation
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centre’s load. For example, in an Centre Users’ Group (DCUG(R))
Power has introduced Cascade effect
Emerson Network Power-modeled survey, conducted by Emerson,
Energy Logic, a step- Emerson Energy Logic centres on
scenario of a 5000 sq ft data reports that 79 per cent of IT
by-step roadmap the so-called ‘cascade effect’, by
centre, applying the recommended professionals believe improving
that provides data which each Watt saved at the
strategies produced a savings of the energy efficiency of their
centre and IT managers, energy processor level can save an
585 kW from the data centre’s company's data centre is
managers, CIOs and facility average of 2.84 Watts in energy
initial 1,127 kW load. It also freed important. However, only 17 per
managers with a prioritised consumption, due to the
up two-thirds of the space, one- cent of respondents have a
approach to reducing energy interaction between use and the
third of UPS capacity and 40 per documented strategy for reducing
consumption in IT environments. power supply circuit. As a result,
cent of cooling capacity, energy use.
enabling easy expansion of
computing capacity in the
same data centre.
Top priority
“Our customers are telling us that
efficiency is a top priority, yet at
Sharing expertise the same time, a difficult concept
“When we released our to measure,” said Stefano Mozzato,
report earlier this year, we marketing manager EMEA Liebert
stressed that energy Business – Emerson Network
reductions could be Power. “However, as we have no
achieved with the proper reference metrics, we can only talk
planning and about energy saving. With Emerson
implementation of efficient Energy Logic we want to support
technologies that exist IT and data centre managers in
today,” said Andrew the creation of a sustainable
Energy Logic helps IT and facility managers make reasonable
Fanara of the US roadmap to achieve real and
and effective decisions about optimising energy use and
Environmental Protection tangible energy savings.”
minimising critical resource constraints.
Agency. “We encourage
companies like Emerson Specific steps of Energy Logic
Based on accurate research and Energy Logic enables savings to Network Power to share any and can be found in a new Emerson
modeling, Energy Logic helps IT be quantified and provides an all expertise that helps the data Network Power white paper titled
and facility managers make estimated time of return on centre community reduce their ‘Energy Logic: Reducing Data
reasonable and effective decisions investment for each recommended energy usage.” Centre Energy Consumption by
about optimising energy use and action within the roadmap. Creating Savings That Cascade
minimising critical resource Energy efficiency in the data Across Systems’, which can
constraints – power, cooling and Following the Energy Logic centre continues to be a priority, be downloaded by clicking
space – without compromising the sequence can potentially save driven by the need for more on ‘white papers’ at www.
availability or flexibility of IT systems. more than 50 per cent of a data capacity. An autumn 2007 Data
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