Right-SizedPowerSystemsAMeanstoImprovedEnergyEfficiency.pdfVIP

Right-Sized Power Systems: A Means to Improved Energy Efficiency This Dell Technical White Paper explains how choosing the right power systems can improve your system efficiency and reduce costs. Dell Eric Wilcox, Mark Muccini This document is for informational purposes only, and may contain typographical errors and technical inaccuracies. The content is provided as is, without express or implied warranties of any kind. Executive summary As the cost of energy continues to rise, and the global focus turns to extracting as much as possible from our energy resources, there is an increasing need to optimize IT deployments for optimum efficiency. Companies are now focusing on using resources in their IT environments to support business needs for longer durations. Other organizations have outgrown their IT resources and are considering new data centers to align with their growing business. Combine these business needs with growing environmental pressures and social responsibilities, and energy efficiency has become a priority for many companies. Traditionally, energy efficiency is understood as the ratio of energy-in versus energy-out, but we will explore a more in-depth look at that interaction within power supplies used in enterprise-class servers. Any IT asset is an investment, and it may seem logical to utilize that asset to its fullest potential. However, for power supplies and power infrastructure products, there is an industry trend to over-size the asset compared with the workload it will support. Dell hopes to establish a new trend and explain how to right-size your power supply based on the configuration and workload of your IT deployment, which can translate into energy savings and greater ROI. Contents Efficiency is a curve 3 Savings potential 5 The goal for asset utilization 6 Comparing efficiency improvement 6 Pursuit of the peak 7 Power dissipation: a different way of quantifying the right app