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About SteveI'm in the center of the bizarre world of commercial data center IT. How? I cannot say, as it's all fuzzy now. I talk about subjects my kids find absurd and my wife finds laughably geeky. I work with some of the most brilliant people you could ever hope to meet, and somehow it pays the bills, so I'll probably keep doing it.I have four kids, a great dog, and a cat who thinks he can take you out by looking at you. My wife is a six foot blonde goddess - clearly out of my pay grade. The power of geek speak is apparently hypnotic to the fairer sex. More + Other ESG BlogsJon Oltsik> Insecure about Security Brian Babineau > IT BULLETins Mark Bowker > Liquefying IT Mark Peters > Mark My Words Steve O'Donnell > The Hot Aisle Terri McClure > IT Depends Recent Posts
« Hybrid IT | Main | Adaptec buys Aristos, Tom Cruise, XIV, and Logical Assumptions » Power, cooling and space efficiency tool (PCSE)Always on the ball, unless I'm trying to get money out of him, Pillar's Chris Drago was nice enough to volunteer their "storage efficiency" calculator. I must admit, it looks great…..and it doesn't appear to automatically take you to the "if you don't buy Pillar you are an idiot" page –at least not directly. TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Power, cooling and space efficiency tool (PCSE): CommentsVerify your CommentPreviewing your CommentThis is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
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Hi Steve,
Had a look at the Pillar site and the formula for calculating how efficient the storage array is. Pillar have randomly decided to use floor space as a measure of efficiency when no data center manager on the planet has a space problem, just an enormous power and cooling problem. As power density has increased by an order of magnitude in the last 5 years we find empty data centers that are completely full (from a power and cooling perspective).
When are you back in Europe?
Steve
------Just got back from Prague, blog to follow. Back at SNW Frankfurt next month. Far as space - there are SOME people with a space problem my friend, though the point is well taken. If you don't have a physical issue then there are some tweaks one must make. I still applaud their effort. Cheers --- Steve
Posted by: Steve O'Donnell | September 09, 2008 at 11:40 AM