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Monitoring IT Power Consumption in a Research Center: Seven Facts

Authors:
Antonio Vetro'
Luca Ardito
Maurizio Morisio
Giuseppe Procaccianti

Keywords: Green Computing, IT Energy Management, Electricity Meter, Data Analysis

Abstract:
We analyze the power consumption of several IT devices placed in a research center affiliated to our University. The data collection lasted about one year and the analysis let us identify: i) the average instant power consumption of each type of device ii) trends of the instant power consumption curves iii) usage profiles and their power consumption iv) energy savings obtained from a different use of resources. Our main finding is that software and usage typology could affect power consumption more than hardware.

Pages: 64 to 69

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: May 22, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-412X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-136-6

Location: Venice/Mestre, Italy

Dates: from May 22, 2011 to May 27, 2011