Eye on Blades Blog: Trends in Infrastructure : Thermal Logic

8 Cool Projects found inside HP Labs

newtonja — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:35:00 GMT

ComputerWorld took a tour recently of HP Labs to check out some of the things we're working on from the desktop to the datacenter. We are really fortunate that we have these folks behind us. What's even more fortunate for our customers is that...(read more)

Data Center Ants and Grasshoppers

newtonja — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Will 2009 be a tough year for IT departments, and us tech vendors too? Duh. Will it be as bad as the article I read today, 2009 - Thomas the Tank's journey to IT Hell ? We shall see. Too often, tough times inspire dark predictions, preying on our...(read more)

Datacenter power is officially a business problem

newtonja — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:48:00 GMT

I found this article last week and thought I'd share it with you. Inside, Michelle Bailey from IDC makes some good points about just how big of an issue power and cooling has become. ...(read more)

Dynamic Power Capping explained

newtonja — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:27:00 GMT

Get the technical details from a top HP engineer on how Thermal Logic enables you to cap power and reclaim datacenter capacity. ...(read more)

Thermal Logic – The coolest ideas for your hottest problems

Gary Thome — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:46:00 GMT

Today we are announcing some significant Thermal Logic innovations. I'm sure if you're reading this first, you are thinking "wait, here comes another vendor claim that they are most energy efficient!" I'd hate to disappoint you, but we do believe that addressing power and cooling challenges is much more than just a server that takes less power. Okay we do have a new energy efficient blade server. In fact we have a portfolio of energy efficient blades servers. But wait, there is more! Really! ...(read more)

Less Power to You

Gary Thome — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Following up from my previous post on power measurements, I'd like to spend this post talking about ways customers can figure out for themselves what the real power consumption is for their servers and their applications. ...(read more)

Games vendors play . . . with power efficiency claims

Gary Thome — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:13:00 GMT

These days, server power efficiency is top of mind for everyone. Five years ago, most customers had no idea how much power a server used. Now, everyone knows - its a lot. In some cases, customers are making power consumption the primary criteria for vendor selection. So why is it so dang hard to get a straight story on exactly what options are the most power efficient? We'll fill you in on the dirty little secrets you need to know. ...(read more)

Green servers and ham

newtonja — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:21:00 GMT

I didn't know what I would eat for breakfast today, so thanks to Larry Dignan for the V8 slap up against the head this morning. After watching his video blog, "green servers and ham" doesn't sound so good anymore.

We know a lot of businesses wrestle with mandates to be "green". But at the same time many more are struggling to find any way to lower energy costs and to eek out more capacity from their facilities.

We agree with Larry that energy efficiency should not be an exercise in marketing. It's a serious business concern with a real-world engineering answer. That’s why we build Thermal Logic technology into every HP blade server to save power and cooling. That means energy efficient design married with energy efficient control - across the board. No special models, no “plant a tree” promotions, just common sense energy design + control with savings that you see on your electric bill every month and in the long life of your data center.

You decide if you want to take it to the bank or plant a tree with it.

Jason