JULIET: " 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself."
- Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1594
Juliet had it right. " 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy".
Using software to save energy is not a radical idea.
So, how come it isn't core thinking either?
Software - automation really - brings the most powerful opportunity for optimization and energy savings. There are lots of storage software features and applications that help manage the placement of data, move it from one tier to another, prune copies, make incremental copies instead of full, and eliminate redundant data. Lots of choices and lots of opportunities to accomplish business ends and use less energy at the same time.
Yet, in my experience, discussion about energy savings center mostly on the efficiency of power supplies or bits of computer and storage systems. Of course these need to be made as efficient as possible. That's foundation work though. Even the most energy efficient of systems won't help you if not deployed and operated with all of their efficiency potential.
Dick is an IT marketing and services veteran. He devotes considerable time to observing and commenting upon business and IT trends. He is particularly interested in how developing technologies impact business developments, partner strategies and the evolution of related market opportunities. Dick and his wife Barbara live in Hingham Massachusetts. They have two sons, one a college junior, the other New England Area Sales Manager for Medical Lasers.
This is a personal blog and has not been screened by others in any way.
Dick is an IT marketing and services veteran. He devotes considerable time to observing and commenting upon business and IT trends. He is particularly interested in how developing technologies impact business developments, partner strategies and the evolution of related market opportunities. Dick and his wife Barbara live in Hingham Massachusetts. They have two sons, one a college junior, the other New England Area Sales Manager for Medical Lasers.
This is a personal blog and has not been screened by others in any way.
Links
Climate Connections National Public Radio and National Geographic combine resources on in-depth info about how global warming is impacting all of us.
Environmental Protection Agency Report U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Program report to Congress assessing opportunities for energy efficiency improvements for government and commercial computer servers and data centers in the United States.
The Green Grid Chartered to develop platform-neutral standards, measurement methods, processes and new technologies to improve energy efficient performance of global data centers.
