MAID for Green: Energy Conservation With Fujitsu ETERNUS Storage Systems

Overview

This paper describes best practices on how customers can conserve energy using ECO mode on Fujitsu ETERNUS storage systems. Today, because of strong demand for storage capacity, customers are faced with serious issues of power and cooling in their data centers. The density of today's storage systems, the insatiable demand for storage and the rising cost of energy are forerunners of an impending energy crisis in the data center. Analysts predict that data centers will soon reach their capacity limits in terms of power and air conditioning. This may impose tight restrictions on companies who want to expand their business but also need to substantially increase IT support in growing market segments, if there are no changes in the energy efficiency of IT systems and their operation.