Green Grid Unveils 2 Data Center Efficiency Tools
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At the Green Grid's Technical Forum, the organization introduces a Power Efficiency Estimator that enables data center operators to compare different possible situations involving power topologies and technologies inside their facilities. The new Power Usage Effectiveness Calculator allows managers to easily input their facilities' specific data at regular intervals to determine their PUE.
SAN JOSE,
Calif.-The Green Grid, which has quickly
become one of the more influential green IT organizations in the world in only
three years of existence, on Feb. 4 introduced two freely available online
tools to help data center managers keep track of power and cooling efficiency.
The Green Grid's new Power Efficiency Estimator enables data center operators
to compare different possible situations involving power topologies and
technologies inside their facilities. For example, data center managers can
input factors such as workload, availability and space constraints into the PEE
and obtain a report designed to improve planning and subsequent decision
making.
The new PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) Calculator allows managers to input
their facilities' specific data at regular intervals to determine their PUE. PUE
is a metric created in 2009 by the Green Grid that determines the amount of
energy used by a facility and all the IT gear inside of it.
Both tools will be available for public download at the Green Grid Website by the end of March,
Green Grid Chairman John Tuccillo said. The Green Grid is holding its third
annual Technical Forum here in San Jose
Feb. 3 and 4.
The Green Grid also made available a freely downloadable whitepaper, "The
Impact of Virtualization on Data Center Physical Infrastructure." The
report offers guidance on how data center professionals can maximize power and
cooling electricity savings in a data center that uses virtualization for
consolidation purposes.
The paper is available to Green Grid members and nonmembers in the "Library &
Tools" section of the Green Grid's Website.
Finally, the Green Grid has launched a self-directed online course, "Data
Center 101: Constrained Capacity," to help data center managers become
familiar with industry lexicon and solutions to everyday challenges.
The Green Grid is a global consortium of companies, government agencies and
educational institutions dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data
centers and business computing ecosystems. It consists of about 200 member
companies and features board members from Microsoft, Intel, EMC,
Hewlett-Packard, APC Schneider, Dell and
other top-tier IT corporations.
Chris Preimesberger was named Editor-in-Chief of Features & Analysis at eWEEK in November 2011. Previously he served eWEEK as Senior Writer, covering a range of IT sectors that include data center systems, cloud computing, storage, virtualization, green IT, e-discovery and IT governance. His blog, Storage Station, is considered a go-to information source. Chris won a national Folio Award for magazine writing in November 2011 for a cover story on Salesforce.com and CEO-founder Marc Benioff, and he has served as a judge for the SIIA Codie Awards since 2005. In previous IT journalism, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. His diverse resume also includes: sportswriter for the Los Angeles Daily News, covering NCAA and NBA basketball, television critic for the Palo Alto Times Tribune, and Sports Information Director at Stanford University. He has served as a correspondent for The Associated Press, covering Stanford and NCAA tournament basketball, since 1983. He has covered a number of major events, including the 1984 Democratic National Convention, a Presidential press conference at the White House in 1993, the Emmy Awards (three times), two Rose Bowls, the Fiesta Bowl, several NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, a Formula One Grand Prix auto race, a heavyweight boxing championship bout (Ali vs. Spinks, 1978), and the 1985 Super Bowl. A 1975 graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Chris has won more than a dozen regional and national awards for his work. He and his wife, Rebecca, have four children and reside in Redwood City, Calif.Follow on Twitter: editingwhiz
