Increase Data Center Density and Drive Down Power, Cooling Costs
Executive Summary
Relief has arrived for IT and facilities managers who need to pack more computing capacity into existing data centers, while simultaneously reducing total costs. For some time, Intel has been working to deliver new levels of energy efficiency through silicon, processor, platform, and software innovation. The results of these efforts are now clearly evident in the new generation of servers based on the dual-core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series (code-name Woodcrest). These servers boost performance by up to three times and energy-efficiency by more than three times compared to previous generation, single-core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. They are delivering the best performance, price/performance and energy-efficiency in their class, and can help IT organizations dramatically increase compute density, while reducing power and cooling requirements.
These processors also include silicon-level support for virtualization, another critical technology for optimizing data center power and cooling efficiency. By enabling multiple applications and operating systems (OSs) to be consolidated per server, virtualization can help IT organizations consolidate their server infrastructure, so there are fewer systems to power and cool—and more room for expanding compute capacity within existing facilities.
These and other recent innovations are major steps toward increasing performance and energy-efficiency, but they are only the beginning. Intel researchers continue to push the limits of transistor density in next-generation process technologies, to deliver better performance and new capabilities, while simultaneously driving down power consumption. Intel is also delivering software tools, training and support that help software vendors and corporate developers optimize their software for multi-core processors and 64-bit computing. These are essential efforts, since optimized software can boost performance, while containing or even reducing power consumption.
This paper discusses these and other advances that can help IT managers plan and implement a more comprehensive and effective strategy for expanding capabilities while reducing power consumption. It also includes a summary of data center best practices for optimizing the use of power and cooling resources, so IT managers can make better use of their current facilities, while reducing both capital and operational costs.
Read the full Increase Data Center Density White Paper.
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Increase Data Center Density and Drive Down Power, Cooling Costs
Executive Summary
Relief has arrived for IT and facilities managers who need to pack more computing capacity into existing data centers, while simultaneously reducing total costs. For some time, Intel has been working to deliver new levels of energy efficiency through silicon, processor, platform, and software innovation. The results of these efforts are now clearly evident in the new generation of servers based on the dual-core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series (code-name Woodcrest). These servers boost performance by up to three times and energy-efficiency by more than three times compared to previous generation, single-core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. They are delivering the best performance, price/performance and energy-efficiency in their class, and can help IT organizations dramatically increase compute density, while reducing power and cooling requirements.
These processors also include silicon-level support for virtualization, another critical technology for optimizing data center power and cooling efficiency. By enabling multiple applications and operating systems (OSs) to be consolidated per server, virtualization can help IT organizations consolidate their server infrastructure, so there are fewer systems to power and cool—and more room for expanding compute capacity within existing facilities.
These and other recent innovations are major steps toward increasing performance and energy-efficiency, but they are only the beginning. Intel researchers continue to push the limits of transistor density in next-generation process technologies, to deliver better performance and new capabilities, while simultaneously driving down power consumption. Intel is also delivering software tools, training and support that help software vendors and corporate developers optimize their software for multi-core processors and 64-bit computing. These are essential efforts, since optimized software can boost performance, while containing or even reducing power consumption.
This paper discusses these and other advances that can help IT managers plan and implement a more comprehensive and effective strategy for expanding capabilities while reducing power consumption. It also includes a summary of data center best practices for optimizing the use of power and cooling resources, so IT managers can make better use of their current facilities, while reducing both capital and operational costs.
Read the full Increase Data Center Density White Paper.
