Data Centre Energy Efficiency Poor, Says Survey
The majority of IT personnel believe their data centre energy efficiency is not good, according to a new report.
According to the Cassatt 2008 Data Center Energy Efficiency Survey, more than two thirds of IT and facilities workers said the energy efficiency of their data centre was either average or worse.
Most put this down to the fact that their development and test servers are idle during off-peak hours.
However, the survey also revealed that respondents are doing something about this, with 62 per cent working on a data centre energy efficiency project or are planning to do so over the coming 12 months.
The study did show that virtualisation is top in the energy-efficiency project list, with some 69 per cent of respondents going for a server consolidation/virtualisation strategy.
Commenting, Bill Coleman, chairman and CEO of Cassatt Corp, said: "We conducted the 'Cassatt 2008 Data Center Energy Efficiency Survey' to learn more about the extent to which companies are pursuing energy-efficiency initiatives and the rationale behind the ones they choose.
"Many of the findings were expected, such as those that emphasize the data center power crunch, the popularity of virtualization as a potential solution, and the massive waste in development and test environments."
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Last Updated: 23/04/2008 16:00
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