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Did you know that there is an Energy Star certification for servers? More information is at http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=ent_servers.enterprise_servers . Did you know that HP had the first Energy Star certified servers (several HP ProLiant servers)? I attended a stakeholders meeting with the...
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Mission Critical Computing Blog
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jacob.van-ewyk@hp.com
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09-29-2009
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Filed under: Integrity, green, cooling, power, servers, EPA, mission critical servers, HP Integrity, high-end, HP-UX 11i, OS, energy star, BCS, HP-UX, UNIX
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While Kurt is off visiting customers and Lorraine is reflecting on the nature of mission-critical computing, I am also joining the blogging team. Let me introduce myself. My name is Jacob Van Ewyk, and I work in Business Critical Systems Marketing. I'm currently focused on Power, Cooling, and Cloud...
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I attended a thought leadership session at Vmworld today, “ Conquering Costs and Complexity in a Virtualized Environment ”. In 1996, there were roughly 6 million servers. In 2009, that number has increased to nearly 32 million servers. In the presentation link below, HP & IDC outline...
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The HP POD (Performance Optimized Datacenter) is stealing the show at the HP Tech Forum 2009. The POD is set up and you can tour the POD, talk to the experts and also see the power house running the POD. Kevin Egan & Steve Cumings from HP are informative, graciously answering all questions and helping...
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Reality Check: Server Insights
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Kristie Popp
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06-17-2009
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Filed under: cooling, servers, datacenter, HP POD, pod, ProLiant, evergy efficiency, performance, iLO, server, power savings, energy efficiency, HPTF, Tech Forum, Tech Form event and expo, HP Tech Forum
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Few meetings about IT infrastructure management do not include some discussion of saving energy or managing power and cooling. HP has introduced several additions to its Eco Solutions program, including a corporate goal of saving 1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity by 2011 through a variety...
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Following on from my first post I'll take a look at the affect hardware configuration will have on the power consumption of the enclosure. To do this I went into the Blade Power Sizer and configured up two equivalent systems. I kept the enclosure configuration constant with just 2 x Virtual Connect...
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I'm sitting here thinking about writing my first Blog post and trying to come up with something to say. So I figured I'd start by trying to answer one of my least favourite questions (and before you all start to correct my spelling I'm not originally from the USA) and explain why it's...
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This week, I am attending the annual SC08 conference. For 2 decades, the tradition in HPC is to announce and demonstrate new products at the SC conference, and there is a lot to absorb. For me, the event started with a 2-day HP user conference, attracting some of HP’s largest HPC customers. It was a...
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Reality Check: Server Insights
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d-field
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: HPC, cooling, power, container, servers, datacenter, HP POD, pod, x86, multi-core processor, AMD
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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 - it's a lot. In some cases, customers are making power consumption the primary criteria for vendor selection. So why is it so dang hard to...
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The HP POD had a very busy week indeed... and we had some great photos taken while it was in the Silicon Valley. Here are a few of those pics - thank you for participating! For more information on the HP POD, go to: www.hp.com/go/pod . Look for the HP POD this Fall at an industry event near you! The...
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Congratulations to Kenn Durrence, who was drawn as the winner of our "Spot the POD" Drawing. Kenn captured the HP POD in San Jose. Congratulations, Kenn! Please email aimee.schoaf@hp.com with your contact information! Thank you all for participating in this promotion - watch for the HP POD...
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The "Spot the POD" Drawing is now closed. We will be randomly choosing one winner from the eligible entries on Friday, July 18, 2008. Here are some of the photos posted as the POD made its journey through Silicon Valley! Thank you all for participating! For more information on the HP POD, go...
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By Christian Post "Nascent: coming or recently having come into existence." It would be a short argument to suggest that containerized datacenters are nascent. They have been developed and deployed for years to serve mobile, military, and disaster response needs. Yet we are seeing a ground...
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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"...