Archive for November, 2008

Saving Joules II

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

[ there was a bad youtube server hosting the first video, so here's a resubmit with a pointer to an alternative youtube copy It's been well talked up that consolidating physical systems can save a lot of datacenter engery -- for example, consolidating 20 systems, all with 3-5% utilization can reduce ...

VMware Performance Tutorial next week at Usenix LISA

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Heads up for those interested in understanding VMware performance in more details -- I'm running my performance and tuning of VMware ESX server class at Usenix LISA again this November in San Diego. The session is on Friday, November 14, and is an all-day class. Given our obsession with ...

Saving Joules

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

It's been well talked up that consolidating physical systems can save a lot of datacenter engery -- for example, consolidating 20 systems, all with 3-5% utilization can reduce power by up to 10-15x -- or considered in more tractable terms, each server removed is equivalent to taking four cars off ...