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Join the Green Grid

27 February , 07:00 AM

Yesterday, a new organization called The Green Grid announced the completion of the consortium’s formation and issued a call for members.  The Green Grid is a global consortium dedicated to developing and promoting energy efficiency for data centers and information services.  Yesterday,  we also announced the Board of Directors, which is comprised of members from AMD,  APC, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Rackable Systems, SprayCool , Sun Microsystems and VMware.  We’re proud to be among the founding members of the organization and I wanted to share this news in because we know how important the issue of energy-efficiency has become in the IT industry.

 

Like all companies in the Green Grid consortium, Dell is committed to providing our customers energy-efficient products, and actively working with customers to help them design more efficient data centers.  In addition to our focus on energy efficiency, having our industry focused on a holistic solution that includes silicon, computing hardware, power and cooling, and software is key to enabling customers with an energy efficient solution.  I invite you to learn more about the efforts by visiting the updated website. In addition to finding details on how to join, you can also download PDF white papers on the Green Grid Opportunity,  Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Datacenters, and Green Grid Metrics: Describing Datacenter Power Efficiency. Here’s InformationWeek’s take on the news.  For more information on Dell's efforts in these areas, please visit dell.com/energy.

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Craig
02 Mar 2007 12:03 PM

Thanks Michael.  I have used that tool before, but all it does is tell you weight, number of U's, thermal watts, and amps.  It doesn't give any recommendations as to how much CFM you will need to offset BTU's, best practices for server/telecom room design and layout, cooling solutions, etc.

We are currently running into heat problems with only 6 servers in a 7' x 10' room, with a portable APC NetAir unit running 24x7.
 
Michael
28 Feb 2007 01:07 AM

Craig, you might want to have a look at the Dell Datacenter Capacity Planner. Its free and does the calculations you are looking for.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/pedge/topics/en/config_calculator 
 
Craig
27 Feb 2007 11:43 AM

This is nice and all, but it doesn't really help the small to medium business with heat and power consumption.  To become a member of The Green Grid you have to pay an annual fee of $5,000.

How about Dell provide something useful like power management documentation and end to end examples.  Include things like cooling units, Dell racks, Dell servers, Dell switches, etc.  Teach the reader how to calculate the size of a new data center and/or server room based on necessary air flow and BTU offset.

Does Dell plan on making DC powered servers an option in the future?  What about working with new power solutions like fuel cell technology?

Groups like The Green Grid seem like they are more focused on making money than developing really useful solutions.  I don't consider a solution useful unless it is feasible for businesses at both ends of the spectrum to implement.