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In an environment that is increasingly competitive, as well encountering problems when trying to adapt to environmental constraints, companies require solutions that allow them to generate optimal performance/cost ratios. A typical example is the management of data centres, a sector that is sensitive to any activities that can lead to reduced functional costs (energy consumption, cooling). New processor families allow for the development of server solutions that take into account all of these factors. On top of this is the ecosystem of virtual servers which are being put into place by enterprises so as to lighten maintenance needs, reduce costs and finally, making the system more efficient.
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While companies are always looking to reduce their costs by better handling resources, respect of the environment is an aspect which has also started to increase in importance over the last few years, with the public becoming conscientious of the fact that the world’s resources are not unlimited.
While communication is an important element in improving a brands image, changes to mentality are crucial so that criticisms about performance can be avoided, while optimization can be made on a system’s effectiveness/performance ratio.
Mastering energy use is a reoccurring problem for companies and this is an aspect which in particular affects data centres due to the combined effort of running servers and maintaining cooling systems used for heat evacuation.
Server virtualization is often presented as a way of reducing costs, especially during these difficult times, with companies looking to carefully manage their computer spending.
Processors which change the horizon
Virtualisation brings with it new costs in itself, with the implementation of such systems bringing with them additional electricity and cooling costs.
Unless you are able to invest in more efficient cooling processes, computer managers will instead have to look at ways of optimising their installations energy use, without sacrificing performance.
The arrival of the Intel Xeon 5500 series processors, code named Nehalem, has opened the way to a new generation of products which help resolve some of these problems by improving server performance without increasing overall energy use.
The Intel Xeon 5500 series of processors, unveiled in March 2009, supports technologies that better manage memory use, while assuring continued and intelligent energy use according to the servers current work load.
This new range of processors has recently gained support from server manufacturers, among which we can cite the American IBM, who have updated part of the x86 range of servers in their System X and BladeCentre models.
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