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Data Center Management: The Key
Ingredient for Reducing Server Power
While Increasing Data Center Capacity
An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) White Paper
Prepared for Cisco
June 2010
IT & DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH,
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS & CONSULTING
IT & DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH,
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS & CONSULTING
Table of Contents
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................1
Business Drivers toward a New Management Paradigm..............................................................................1
The Automated, Adaptive Data Center...........................................................................................................2
Maximizing Data Center Performance While Reducing Cost through Automation ..............................4
Data Center Power Considerations...................................................................................................................4
Cisco and HP: Comparing Blade Server Power and Management Capabilities.......................................5
CPU and Memory..........................................................................................................................................6
Networking......................................................................................................................................................6
Power Requirements......................................................................................................................................7
Blade Management Capabilities ..................................................................................................................7
Distributed, Policy-based Management.....................................................................................................9
Cisco and HP: A Quantitative Power Consumption Analysis.....................................................................9
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Data Center Management: The Key Ingredient for Reducing Server Power while Increasing Data Center Capacity
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