Whitepaper in association with IBM and Intel.
Skyrocketing energy costs, as well as the rapidly rising amount of
computational capacity per physical space within data centers, have
brought power and cooling requirements into the forefront of
challenges facing data center architects. It is no exaggeration to
characterize the present situation confronting many organizations
as a data center energy crisis. The increasing energy demands of
the data center account for no small expenditure. Analyst firm IDC
estimates that $29 billion was spent on power and cooling IT
systems in 2006.
IBM’s new generation System x3650 M2 and x3550 M2 rack servers
running the latest Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series quad core processors
significantly lower total cost of ownership. Built with leadership
energy-smart designs to simplify power distribution and reduce
energy loss, these two-socket enterprise servers feature lower
wattage, highly efficient power supplies exceeding the 80 Plus Gold
standard, counter rotating fans, altimeters, and advanced power
management. These innovations translate into dramatically reducing
annual energy consumption and lowering annual energy costs $50,000
or more for a single enterprise class data center.
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