Green Storage Initiative Unveils Power-Use Specs

Published January 21, 2009

Aiming to reduce energy use in data centers and IT networks, the group convened by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has published a draft of its intended green storage specifications for public and industry review.

The first draft from the SNIA's Green Storage Initiative includes a taxonomy for categorizing storage products according to their energy use, and establishes a baseline measure for power used by storage devices during idling. The group is also adding to the specification a metric for measuring power used by idling systems, a method for auditing and verifying the data, and plans for expanding the scope of the research in the future.

The Initiative plans to work on the specification throughout 2009, and when it is completed the SNIA hopes to have a measure that is as applicable to home offices as it is large enterprise IT departments. It will also develop and easy-reference gigabytes-per-watt measurement for storage devices at rest; by promoting the energy use of idling systems, IT professionals will be able to make better decisions for hardware in the data center based on energy costs.

Originally launched in October 2007, the Green Storage Initiative and its Technical Working Group are developing not just this power-use metric, but also tutorials, educational materials, white papers, best practices and other strategies to help companies create more energy efficient products.

More details, and the full draft specification, are online at SNIA.org.

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