Virtual Iron 'cuts energy used by 75%'
13 Nov 2008
Virtualisation software vendor Virtual Iron has claimed that its new LivePower product allows firms to transfer server workloads from one machine to another.
The product can help cut energy consumption by 75 per cent, a study by the vendor found, which therefore results in a 30 per cent energy saving in a week, Business Green reports.
"You could have two servers running ten virtual machines each at peak time, but then at off-peak times you could move the 20 machines on to one server and turn the other one off," Chris Barclay, director of product management at Virtual Iron, tells the resource.
Furthermore, additional energy savings can be made by enterprises if they take half of their servers offline at nights and weekends, he continues, action which will not impact workloads being run by servers.
The vendor has previously stated that its storage solution partnership with Open-E was targeted at the small and medium-sized business market.
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