Uptime Home Now, Let's Make IT Invisible Achieving a Lean, Green IT Machine Data Center Virtualization in Action

Blade computing and virtualization are two of the hottest trends in the server market. Learn how these maturing technologies combine to deliver "Virtualization 2.0," helping your business deliver higher levels of availability, dynamic scalability, and better levels of IT service. Download your free copy of IDC's white paper, Egenera: Virtualization for the Dynamic Data Center, sponsored by Egenera, July 2007.

Egenera Expands Processing Blade Family with Four New Blades Based on Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 7300 Series Egenera announced it will expand its Egenera® Processing Blade™ (pBlade™) module family with four new offerings based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 7350 processor. The new pBlades will include 16, 32, 64 and 96GB memory configurations, representing Egenera's largest memory offering to date.  Read this press release Egenera Signs OEM Agreement with VMware Under the terms of the agreement, Egenera BladeFrame® system customers will be able to purchase VMware Infrastructure 3 solutions and support from Egenera and its resellers beginning in Q4 2007.  Read this press release

InfoWorld Virtualization Executive Forum September 24-25, 2007 New York City, NY Breakout Session "Vendor Crossfire:x86 Server Virtualization" Panelist:  Vern Brownell SAP TechEd October 1-5, 2007 Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV See Egenera in Microsoft's Booth #10 TechTarget Virtualization Seminar November 15, 2007 New York City, NY

Achieving a Lean, Green IT Machine

A few years ago, green data centers were only for the most cutting edge IT shops that had energy requirements under control and could invest in forward-thinking initiatives. Now, companies can't afford not to go green!

Here are some facts on power, cooling and energy usage in today's data center:

• According to IDC, for every $1 spent on hardware, $0.50 is spent on energy to power and cool it 
• A University of New Hampshire study found that 38 percent of the U.S. 's power supply is being absorbed by data centers
• There are more than nine million servers running 24 hours a day, seven days a week

The figures are daunting, and energy costs and requirements are only increasing. Where should you start?

One of the most effective ways to start going green is to reduce the number of idle or poorly utilized servers. Most physical servers today run at only 10% to 15% utilization. However, they are consuming as much as 30% of the energy they would consume running at full utilization.

Data center virtualization can consolidate and significantly reduce the number of servers required for an application by up to 50% while maintaining high customer service levels. In addition, it can eliminate up to 80% of the components that support the application (such as network switches, storage networks, cables, cooling systems), which require more power and cooling and further drive up operational costs.

The cost savings can add up quickly. One estimate reports savings up to $1,200 in energy costs per server per year, and an average saving of $300-$600 per server per year in cooling costs.

Learn more about how data center virtualization can reduce power requirements up to 50% and curtail the power and cooling epidemic.

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