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http://www.tmcnet.com/green/articles/28089-egenera-picks-micron-aspen-memory-modules-enhance-bladeframe.htm

Micron Technology (News – Alert) is incorporating its line of energy-efficient Aspen Memory products into the BladFrame platform from Egenera. The purpose of the integration is to reduce data center power consumption.

Micron’s 1 Gb-based 1.5-volt DDR2 modules combined with Egenera’s platform reduces server memory power consumption by up to 17 percent.

Solutions that enable more energy-efficient data center servers are seeing increased demand because of growing energy costs and scrutiny regarding pollution that results from energy production.

One way data center operations can reduce power consumption is by implementing virtualization software, which reduces the overall number of physical servers located in each data center. On the other hand, virtualization puts more pressure on the remaining hardware technology and memory. This can limit the number of virtual environments run on a single hardware platform.

Very cool, an interesting article, which I highlighted to illustrate the need to look at all the elements of your data center when you’re thinking about energy efficiency, the servers’ components can make a big difference to the energy consumed (particularly if deploying in volume). Do check it out.

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