January 7, 2008—Emerson Network Power has introduced what it bills as a step-by-step roadmap to provide data center and IT managers with a prioritized approach to reducing energy consumption.
Based on research and modeling, Energy Logic helps IT and facilities managers make decisions about optimizing energy use and minimizing critical resource constraints–power, cooling and space– without compromising availability or flexibility, says Emerson Network Power.
According to the company, Energy Logic centers on “the cascade effect” by which one Watt saved at the processor level can save an average total of 2.84 Watts in energy consumption. Energy Logic reportedly quantifies savings and provides an estimated time to return on investment of each recommended action.
Following the Energy Logic sequence can potentially save more than half of a data center’s load, claims the company. For example, in an Emerson Network Power-modeled scenario of a 5,000-square -foot data center, applying the recommended strategies produced a savings of 585 kW from the data center’s initial 1,127 kW load. It also freed up two-thirds of the space, one-third of UPS capacity, and 40 percent of cooling capacity, enabling easy expansion of compute capacity in the same data center.
Specific steps of Energy Logic can be found in a new Emerson Network Power white paper called “Energy Logic: Reducing Data Center Energy Consumption by Creating Savings That Cascade Across Systems,” on the Emerson Network Power Web site.
