Title :
The Case for Energy-Proportional Computing
Author :
Barroso, L.A. ; Holzle, U.
Author_Institution :
Google, Mountain View
Abstract :
Energy-proportional designs would enable large energy savings in servers, potentially doubling their efficiency in real-life use. Achieving energy proportionality will require significant improvements in the energy usage profile of every system component, particularly the memory and disk subsystems.
Keywords :
disc storage; file servers; laptop computers; power aware computing; disk subsystem; energy usage profile; energy-proportional computing; energy-proportional design; laptop computer; memory subsystem; server energy saving; Computer crashes; Computer networks; Databases; Embedded computing; High performance computing; Large-scale systems; Network servers; Voltage; Web and internet services; Web server; energy-proportional computing; green computing;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2007.443
