Price of Power in a Data Center 384
mstansberry writes "Much like the rest of the country, IT is facing an energy crisis. The utilities are bracing companies for price spikes this winter and according to experts and IT pros, those prices aren't going to come down any time soon. This is thefirst article in a four-part series investigating the impact of energy issues on IT."
Yeah, but at least you won't have to (Score:5, Funny)
Solution? (Score:4, Funny)
First of many? (Score:2, Funny)
Does this mean three slashdot dupes forthcoming?
Re:Moore's law? (Score:3, Funny)
Before, or after debugging [wikipedia.org]?
Re:Yeah, but at least you won't have to (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Folding (Score:3, Funny)
Do you mean, to conserve energy, don't run non-essential services during the summer? Most people can deal with the excess heat generated by computers during the winter (hence a smaller net energy loss.) It is in the summer that you come across problems with wasting energy. Every extra Watt of energy you generate in the summer needs about another Watt (correct me if I'm wrong here) of energy spent to remove it from the building.
Maybe it's just because I'm from Canada, but I only run non-essential services in the winter. It's the only time it doesn't cook me in my apartment. The only major thing you "conserve" by not running your non-essential services in the winter is money on your power bill.
Remember: Conserving energy is more than just using less electricity.
Re:Hot Intel chips are big contributor (Score:2, Funny)
Disclaimer: I've never touched the thermostat in my server rooms.