Artículo
Productive Efficiency of Energy-Aware Data Centers
Autor/es | Fernández Cerero, Damián
Fernández Montes González, Alejandro Velasco Morente, Francisco |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Economía Aplicada I |
Fecha de publicación | 2018-08 |
Fecha de depósito | 2018-10-04 |
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Resumen | Information technologies must be made aware of the sustainability of cost reduction. Data centers may reach energy consumption levels comparable to many industrial facilities and small-sized towns. Therefore, innovative ... Information technologies must be made aware of the sustainability of cost reduction. Data centers may reach energy consumption levels comparable to many industrial facilities and small-sized towns. Therefore, innovative and transparent energy policies should be applied to improve energy consumption and deliver the best performance. This paper compares, analyzes and evaluates various energy efficiency policies, which shut down underutilized machines, on an extensive set of data-center environments. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is then conducted for the detection of the best energy efficiency policy and data-center characterization for each case. This analysis evaluates energy consumption and performance indicators for natural DEA and constant returns to scale (CRS). We identify the best energy policies and scheduling strategies for high and low data-center demands and for medium-sized and large data-centers; moreover, this work enables data-center managers to detect inefficiencies and to implement further corrective actions. |
Agencias financiadoras | Universidad de Sevilla |
Identificador del proyecto | 2018/00000520 |
Cita | Fernández Cerero, D., Fernández-Montes González, A. y Velasco Morente, F. (2018). Productive Efficiency of Energy-Aware Data Centers. Energies, 11 (8 - 2053), 1-17. |
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