Energy-efficient computing using Citrix PowerSmart Utility
Energy-efficient computing using Citrix PowerSmart Utility for Presentation Server (Beta) with HP Integrated Lights-Out. Data center costs for computer power and cooling are staggering. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that data centers used 61 billion kilowatt hours in 2006 – or 1.5% of all power consumed in the United States 1 – at a cost of $4.5 billion, the consumption of approximately 5.8 million average households.
The no-cost Citrix PowerSmart Utility for Presentation Server (PowerSmart) is designed to reduce the power consumption of a Citrix Presentation Server farm. During off-business hours, PowerSmart intelligently focuses the farm’s workload on a few Presentation Servers so that it can power off idle servers. Initial estimates show that based on usage patterns, energy costs for a Citrix Presentation Server farm can be reduced by up to 50%.
PowerSmart integrates seamlessly with HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) 2 technology to automate the remote power management of Citrix Presentation Server farms deployed on HP ProLiant servers. By combining Citrix’s market-leading Application Delivery infrastructure with HP’s Lights-Out remote management solution, customers can support environmentally-friendly (green) initiatives by increasing the utilization of their existing hardware and lowering power and cooling requirements. Target audience: This white paper is intended for business and IT professionals interested in power management in a Citrix and HP environment.
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