Comments on: Managing Data Center Power and Cooling http://lippisreport.com/2008/09/managing-data-center-power-and-cooling/ Resources for Network / IT Business Decision Makers Tue, 22 May 2012 00:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: free http://lippisreport.com/2008/09/managing-data-center-power-and-cooling/comment-page-1/#comment-198630 free Tue, 11 May 2010 11:17:32 +0000 http://lippisreport.com/?p=1030#comment-198630 love your blog Wonderful post.S.F….I could not said it better myself. love your blog Wonderful post.S.F….I could not said it better myself.

]]> By: dubois http://lippisreport.com/2008/09/managing-data-center-power-and-cooling/comment-page-1/#comment-111932 dubois Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:20:52 +0000 http://lippisreport.com/?p=1030#comment-111932 Reducing overall power consumption is not the mission of most data center managers. Their priority is to expand IT services within energy load capacity and thermal constraints. Consumption has plateaued (or soon will) by necessity; meanwhile there is growing revenue tied to IT services. Until recently, management hasn't had an issue with IT costs growing with revenue. If consumption goes down, good, but it will bounce back. If revenue plateaus because of the data center -- "Houston, we have a problem." Reducing overall power consumption is not the mission of most data center managers. Their priority is to expand IT services within energy load capacity and thermal constraints.

Consumption has plateaued (or soon will) by necessity; meanwhile there is growing revenue tied to IT services. Until recently, management hasn’t had an issue with IT costs growing with revenue.

If consumption goes down, good, but it will bounce back. If revenue plateaus because of the data center — “Houston, we have a problem.”

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