• DocumentCode
    1011732
  • Title

    The Case for Energy-Proportional Computing

  • Author

    Barroso, L.A. ; Holzle, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Google, Mountain View
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    33
  • Lastpage
    37
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2007.443
  • Filename
    4404806