Green Business Computing: Energy Smart IBM Servers ...
IBM's new Opteron processor-based servers can transform the data center by increasing performance while efficiently using power. IBM has delivered a portfolio of technologies, called Cool Blue, to dramatically improve power utilization and reduce energy costs through tools for accurate planning and monitoring of power consumption to meet business expectations. ...
... "The new servers will deliver energy-smart business performance computing solutions that optimize power consumption at the chip, systems and software levels, and address clients' growing appetite for more powerful yet energy-efficient computing resources. The portfolio of five new IBM systems and blades introduced is based on the next generation of AMD Opteron processors and is targeted to business performance computing -- a new compute model that leverages high performance computing capability to more effectively meet general business needs, such as business intelligence, enterprise resource planning and more. The new systems join IBM's current line of AMD Opteron processor-based systems targeted for high-performance computing, first introduced to the market by IBM in April 2003, and can deliver up to 21 percent greater performance within the same power envelope as previous generations.
IBM's industry-first, breakthrough software technology, IBM PowerExecutive. The software, available across IBM BladeCenter and System x servers at no additional charge, allows clients to meter actual power usage and heat emissions, and cap the amount of power used by a single server or group of servers at any given time. IBM Director and Virtualization Engine can help provide a reduction in energy usage across systems through server consolidation and systems management virtualization technologies. By pooling, managing and optimizing IT resources across servers, virtualized systems can improve the economics and operations of under-utilized IT assets, effectively decreasing energy needs and usage by up to 40 percent. " ...
Green Business Computing: Energy Smart IBM Servers: Via IBM: IBM DELIVERS BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY-SMART BUSINESS COMPUTING SYSTEMS WITH AMD OPTERON PROCESSORS TO EXTEND IBM's ADVANTAGE IN THE WORLDWIDE SERVER INDUSTRY