Comments on: Some Facts about Data Center Inefficiency http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Governor’s Monkchips » Cloud Computing: On Structural Advantages and Lessons From History #EMCWorld http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-536971 James Governor’s Monkchips » Cloud Computing: On Structural Advantages and Lessons From History #EMCWorld Fri, 22 May 2009 12:05:56 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-536971 [...] center space in all sorts of useful locations”. Perhaps - but how modern are these resources? According to IBM 70% of data centers were built before 1985, and will need rebuilding (via [...] [...] center space in all sorts of useful locations”. Perhaps – but how modern are these resources? According to IBM 70% of data centers were built before 1985, and will need rebuilding (via [...]

]]> By: John Newton http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-536626 John Newton Fri, 15 May 2009 08:31:03 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-536626 I find it very hard to believe that 78% of data centers were built before the dot com era. Maybe 78% of IBM mainframe data centers, but even that is hard to believe. I guess it shows that people don't use data centers or they don't count the closets (even air conditioned closets) that they put departmental servers in as data centers. All this shows is that there must be a huge latent demand for cloud computing, not data center energy monitoring. I find it very hard to believe that 78% of data centers were built before the dot com era. Maybe 78% of IBM mainframe data centers, but even that is hard to believe.

I guess it shows that people don’t use data centers or they don’t count the closets (even air conditioned closets) that they put departmental servers in as data centers.

All this shows is that there must be a huge latent demand for cloud computing, not data center energy monitoring.

]]> By: rwang0 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-535414 rwang0 Sun, 03 May 2009 06:10:33 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-535414 <p>Check out James Governor’s perspectives on Data Center Inefficiency <a href="http://bit.ly/MZusr" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/MZusr</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/rwang0/statuses/1685131992" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> Check out James Governor’s perspectives on Data Center Inefficiency http://bit.ly/MZusr

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]]> By: dehaaspeter http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-535227 dehaaspeter Fri, 01 May 2009 18:52:34 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-535227 <p>Interesting : Some Facts about Data Center Inefficiency:<br /> I recently posted about Tivoli Pulse, bu.. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/c5ykq7" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/c5ykq7</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/dehaaspeter/statuses/1671759356" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> Interesting : Some Facts about Data Center Inefficiency:
I recently posted about Tivoli Pulse, bu.. http://tinyurl.com/c5ykq7

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]]> By: James Governor http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-534985 James Governor Fri, 01 May 2009 12:24:32 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-534985 berkay - they have been doing that. there is *plenty* of data center dog-food eating data out there berkay – they have been doing that. there is *plenty* of data center dog-food eating data out there

]]> By: Berkay Mollamustafao http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-534981 Berkay Mollamustafao Fri, 01 May 2009 11:22:42 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-534981 "Of IBM’s 194 datacenters worldwide (just under 6M sq ft), IBM’s own operations are run in just 7" Looks like there is an opportunity here for IBM. Shouldn't IBM upgrade some of it's own datacenters with all the good stuff they say they have and document the costs and return? - current cost of the datacenter (energy and ops) - total cost (tools, services, etc.) of upgrading the datacenter - energy and ops costs after the upgrade - how long it would take to recover the investment “Of IBM’s 194 datacenters worldwide (just under 6M sq ft), IBM’s own operations are run in just 7″

Looks like there is an opportunity here for IBM. Shouldn’t IBM upgrade some of it’s own datacenters with all the good stuff they say they have and document the costs and return?
- current cost of the datacenter (energy and ops)
- total cost (tools, services, etc.) of upgrading the datacenter
- energy and ops costs after the upgrade
- how long it would take to recover the investment

]]> By: sceptre1067 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-534986 sceptre1067 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:14:14 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-534986 <p>Hmmm… now to get my ceo to see this. RT @monkchips some facts about data center efficiency <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/sceptre1067/statuses/1668248551" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> Hmmm… now to get my ceo to see this. RT @monkchips some facts about data center efficiency http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b

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]]> By: epic9x http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-534987 epic9x Fri, 01 May 2009 11:13:36 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-534987 <p>interesting numbers on datacenter efficiency: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/epic9x/statuses/1668245850" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> interesting numbers on datacenter efficiency: http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b

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]]> By: TomRaftery http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-534988 TomRaftery Fri, 01 May 2009 11:04:27 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-534988 <p>Some facts about data center efficiency from IBM <a href="http://bit.ly/r3dP8" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/r3dP8</a> via @monkchips</p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/TomRaftery/statuses/1668206536" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> Some facts about data center efficiency from IBM http://bit.ly/r3dP8 via @monkchips

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]]> By: monkchips http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2009/05/01/some-facts-about-data-center-inefficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-534989 monkchips Fri, 01 May 2009 11:01:32 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/?p=1986#comment-534989 <p>some facts about data center efficiency <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b</a></p> <p><i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/monkchips/statuses/1668193892" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i></p> some facts about data center efficiency http://tinyurl.com/cpzv6b

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