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Blades slash carbon usage
Posted by Andrew Donoghue | 28 Sep 2009
Cooling is the key power efficiency issue when deploying blade servers
Blade servers are continuing to be popular with IT departments facing tighter financial and carbon budgets. According to analyst IDC, the Western Europe blade server market will reach 565,000 units by 2009, or one in every four servers sold in the region.
Deutsche Bank CTO Stuart Hasking believes: "Blades are the best way to get the most out of the energy coming into the data centre." But, as they produce more heat in a smaller area than traditional servers, you need to look closely at cooling, he said at a recent Green IT event.
The latest generation of blade servers, such as Fujitsu's most recent release, the PRIMERGY BX900, is designed to dynamically adjust cooling and power to the data centre environment. This system also boasts potential annual power savings running into thousands of euros per chassis (compared to similar rack server systems).
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