Emerson Network Power released a new 480-volt power distribution unit — a voltage configuration that data center infrastructure experts have been clamoring for recently due to potential energy efficiency gains. Typically an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) operates at 480 V, and a PDU steps down that power from 480 V to 208 V or 120 V. By eliminating the step-down transformer in the PDU by distributing power at 400 V/230 V and operating IT equipment at higher voltages the power chain would be more efficient. |
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The Green Grid, a consortium of mostly vendors looking to push the IT industry toward being more energy efficient power servers, is holding a technical forum in the Bay Area early this week. On Friday they held a Webcast with reporters to talk about some of the progress the group has made in the past year or so.
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Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on Windows Server 2008 and on Wednesday made a near-final release of the server operating system widely available as an Internet download. |
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IBM introduced six low-power servers BladeCenter and System x servers that combine the latest energy efficient technology from Big Blue and chip makers AMD and Intel. |
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Uninteruptible power supply An uninteruptible power supply of a power server (UPS) is an important part of a comprehensive power delivery system. In the event of a power failure, having a generator on your building is not enough to keep your computers going. A UPS is a battery that sits between a power server and the power that keeps it running. A UPS supplies power to your power server when power has failed, and the building generators are spinning up. |
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Power generators are selected based on the load they are intended to supply power for power servers, and that load's "mission critical" needs (e.g. data centers & power servers) . Server farms don't run without power, and that's why the search for cheap and reliable electricity has pushed data center designers to build their inelegant constructions in some out-of-the-way places for power servers. This concern over power servers marks a major change in thinking; no longer worried just about one-time capital expenses, data center operators factor in on-going expenses for the power that runs both computers and air conditioning.
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