Dell claims new servers save on electric bill
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(InfoWorld) - Computer maker Dell's solution to the datacenter energy crisis is to market more energy-efficient versions of its PowerEdge line of servers. Dell is scheduled to introduce on Monday the PowerEdge Energy Smart model 1950 and 2950 servers, which the company claims deliver a 25 percent improvement in performance per watt compared to the standard 1950 and 2950. The announcement follows Dell's September launch of Energy Smart OptiPlex business desktop computers. The Energy Smart server features include a processor that draws only 40 watts of power versus the 65 watts or 80 watts drawn in standard servers. Energy Smart servers will also offer only 2.5-inch disk drives, smaller than the typical 3.5-inch drives. Those design changes may diminish performance in a way some customers would find unacceptable, said Jay Parker, director of PowerEdge Servers in the Dell Product Group. But for others, the goal is energy efficiency. "We would expect somewhere in the 10 to 20 percent range of our customers to be interested in this product and to ultimately migrate to this. But there is a whole other set of customers who need more configurability or [for whom] power efficiency is not a priority," Parker said. The Energy Smart servers also feature redesigned power supplies and cooling fans, as well as software that regulates the processors and memory to power the server up and down as computing demand changes. Vendors of servers, desktops, and other enterprise hardware are on anÂ energy-saving kickÂ these days, addressing the need to cut datacenter power consumption. The lifetime operating cost of powering servers and cooling them with air conditioning is becoming more of a concern to datacenter managers than the price of the server itself. Hewlett-Packard unveiledÂ on Nov. 28 what it calls "Dynamic Smart Cooling" for datacenters. Heat sensors on server racks send signals to a control panel that adjusts the air-conditioning output. HP's technology doesn't address the energy problem as directly as Dell does by making the server energy-efficient, Parker said. "You have to optimize the server, because ultimately that has a huge ripple effect on the other infrastructure pieces in the datacenter. In our mind [HP's technology] seems to ignoreÂ the first obvious step, which is to address the server itself," he said. Pricing for the Energy Smart 1950 starts at $2,449, $100 more than the standard 1950, Parker said. Pricing for the Energy Smart 2950 starts at $2,619.
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By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 12--Dell Inc.'s latest snafu has put yet another dent in the Texas computer giant's once sterling reputation.
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PowerEdge Energy Smart line saves on electricity bill, vendor says.
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Start-ups say they save money with Amazon's pay-per-usage storage, virtual server and other infrastructure utility services.
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MANHASSET, NY - Bucking the trend for US based companies to set up new plants and offices offshore, Dell Computer Corp. (Austin, Tx.
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Dell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. promised big savings on the billions of dollars companies spend on system maintenance as they unveiled jointly developed software Monday that manages and upgrades servers in one mouse-click.
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(Source: Liebert)  High-density servers are accelerating the demand for increased power and cooling capacity in the data center. Dell and Emerson Network Power have joined to devise four scenarios that address customer problems by utilizing Dell Energy Smart servers and Liebert cooling. These scenarios have shown such results as, up to a 250% performance gain with no increase in facility power requirements.
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Michael Dell, who recently returned to the helm of the PC maker he founded, announces cost-cutting measures to employees in a memo.
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How non-green is your network? Energy saving has so far focused on PCs, servers and the like, but now networks have been fingered as major wasters of power. An industry group has claimed that Ethernet's poor use of energy could be wasting as much as $450m a year - or 5.8TW/h - in the US. And perhaps three times that much, worldwide.â¦
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Dell will begin offering on Monday new  "blade" servers at prices it says will bring the ultra-compact  computers into the business mainstream and allow it to grab  market share from rivals HP and IBM.
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Automatic shutdown and power-up are expected to save over $2 million, but the health care concern did have to face some challenges, including how to distribute patches and upgrades for PC software during off-hours when the units are scheduled to be off.
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TechWeb - Rumors that Dell may be considering Advanced Micro Devices' server chips are again causing a stir.
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Blog: new laptops are upgraded versions of Dell's existing workhorse models
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For every kilowatt-hour of power that Internet-linked computers use, they save at least 10 times that amount, a recent study finds.
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How about a $269 server? PC maker turns on rebates, special offers to breathe life into its direct-sales efforts.
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It might not be as flashy as the colorful new cases introduced yesterday, but a second announcement is apt to brighten Dell customers' worlds in a different way: The company is poised to start offering free online data storage for all new Inspiron and XPS machines.
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Dell's new servers, which use 96-port TS270 switch and other networking equipment, will be available by Oct. 31, Dell said.