Comments on: Going Green Through Computer Virtualization

By: The Benefits of Green IT « Save the Environment

The Benefits of Green IT « Save the Environment — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:27 +0000

[...] of space need for servers and most importantly helping minimize their environmental impact. Virtulization is a large part of that, but there are other solutions that businesses are implementing that helps [...]

By: Going Green for Servers Not Processes! « eG Innovations Blog – IT Service Management, Virtualization Monitoring, Hosted Virtual Desktop Infrastructures and more …

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:24:50 +0000

[...] these folks believe in Going Green for the servers but not for all other [...]

By: greendesk.it

greendesk.it — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:33:25 +0000

Hello!
i just found your blog and this post in particular caught my attention,
that’s just what we’re working for!
virtualization is the way to reduce costs not only because you rely on 1 server instead of 100 PCs, but also because you can buy cheaper Thin Clients, that consume less energy, and costs less in terms of waste!

Drop a comment in my email please, i’d like to know what you think about it!

By: Black mold removal

Black mold removal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:20:04 +0000

Would the blade server be the same idea. Upgrade part not whole server. Use only what you need so it is more efficent.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:33:14 +0000

Another thing to consider is the type of Processor in the servers. Newer chips often have improvements to lower power consumption. For instance, Intel’s core 2 duo line (low end servers and desktops) consume less power than older Pentium 4 chips and often support speedstep. Some servers cannot run with frequency changes that speedstep does, but others can. This means the CPU will slow down when it’s not being used as much.

Most modern operating systems including Windows, Linux and FreeBSD support power management. This tip doesn’t make much sense for virtualized systems, but in cases you cannot do so, it could help.

AMD has PowerNow technology which does the same thing.

By: paystolivegreen

paystolivegreen — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:21:55 +0000

I agree green blog. Sometimes for everyday computer use, people just need to have common sense. There is no reason to have multiple programs and browsers running on a computer at a time.

Servers on the other hand usually have application that have to be running at all times so it’s not always possible to just stop them. That where virutalization is handy as it reduces the amount of actual server machines required. Even though one server may be taking on a much larger load, it doesn’t require many servers to all be plugged in and wasting energy.

Thanks for the continue quality comments. Keep them coming

By: green blog

green blog — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:10:39 +0000

Sometimes it’s not about having the best server to cater to our needs. In fact, some of the most basic things which we can do is like deleting off the junk mails and avoid running 2 –3 program at the same thing which I believe takes up the server resources.

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