Tag: data center

Utilities Subsidizing Server Consolidation Efforts

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How’s this for a simple way to trim your IT budget: use virtualization to reduce the number of servers in your data center and get your utility to pay for up to 50% of the project’s cost? Utilities like Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) are dangling rebates in front of their customers to help sell…

Keeping the Lights On ? Literally

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The Uptime Institute reports that 1U servers are consuming around $700/year worth of power and this cost is increasing at a time when budgets are either static or being cut. If left unchecked, power consumption will be funded at the expense of more important initiatives. In addition to cost concerns, some data centers managers are…