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Greening the Servers - Government Computing
[01-06-2009]
In this article, Morse's Scott Bradley describes how organisations need to take a more all-encompassing view of technology lifecycle management if they are to keep their servers green. Ascertaining server ownership, managing power correctly and optimising operations are all vital parts of making the data centre more efficient, and so greener.
"Bradley indicates that, timing wise, there is a fine art to getting the balance right between decommissioning older, relatively power hungry machines to save on utility bills and ensuring that they are still young enough to recycle in order to avoid sometimes hefty disposal charges. "People really need to think this through," he says, "but few do.""