Energy Efficient Servers: Blueprints for Data Center Optimization

✍ Scribed by Corey Gough, Ian Steiner, Winston Saunders (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 347
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Energy Efficient Servers: Blueprints for Data Center Optimization introduces engineers and IT professionals to the power management technologies and techniques used in energy efficient servers. The book includes a deep examination of different features used in processors, memory, interconnects, I/O devices, and other platform components. It outlines the power and performance impact of these features and the role firmware and software play in initialization and control. Using examples from cloud, HPC, and enterprise environments, the book demonstrates how various power management technologies are utilized across a range of server utilization. It teaches the reader how to monitor, analyze, and optimize their environment to best suit their needs. It shares optimization techniques used by data center administrators and system optimization experts at the world’s most advanced data centers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Why Data Center Efficiency Matters....Pages 1-20
CPU Power Management....Pages 21-70
Memory and I/O Power Management....Pages 71-91
Platform Power Management....Pages 93-151
BIOS and Management Firmware....Pages 153-171
Operating Systems....Pages 173-207
Monitoring....Pages 209-268
Characterization and Optimization....Pages 269-306
Data Center Management....Pages 307-318
Technology and Terms....Pages 319-326
Back Matter....Pages 1-1

✦ Subjects

Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Information Systems and Communication Service