Data centres to become 'living organisms'

Data centres to become 'living organisms' Data centre managers have been urged to "think differently" about their systems as energy efficiency becomes an increasingly important consideration.

According to Gartner, unless data centre managers consider the power and cooling requirements of new technology, they are in danger of doubling their energy costs by 2011.

Rakesh Kumar, vice-president of the firm, said improving the environmental performance of a data centre does not simply include power efficiency.

Instead, managers need to consider undertaking an "end-to-end, integrated view" of the data centre as a whole, the expert stated.

"Tomorrow's data centre is moving from being static to becoming a living organism, where modelling and measuring tools will become one of the major elements of its management," Mr Kumar commented.

Data centres will be "dynamic" and be able to address a number of "technical, financial and environmental" requirements, he added.

In related news, Gartner recently reported that worldwide PC shipments rose to 80.6 million units during the third quarter of this year.

This, the firm noted, represented a 15 per cent increase on the figure recorded during the corresponding period in 2007.

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