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Power Monitoring and Regulation for NonStop: Going Green BIG TIME

vigupta| September 9, 2012
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Power and thermal costs have become an increasingly important component of data center TCO. For some time, Tom Kondo, another Distinguished Technologist, and I have been working on turning NonStop green. We have worked on making sure that you, the customer, get the answers to the following questions:

 

· I am buying new cooling solutions. How much power will an enclosure really require? It’s always seems to be wired for more than it needs.

· My NonStop systems have low usage or are even idle part of every day or once a week. Is there any way I can save on power during times of low usage?

· Can I see my power and cooling usage in any form?

· What is the history of my power and cooling usage so I can predict the future?

· How can I set the power regulation policies for my data center?

 

Tom and I worked with many engineers across HP for the last two years with the result that we now have several recently released power management features shipping on NonStop that you may not be aware of.

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How many of your racks have mis-wired redundant power feeds?

jacob.van-ewyk| February 16, 2011
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So, you've built your data center, put in redundant power feeds, and loaded it with systems and storage? What could possibly go wrong from a power and cooling perspective? I've spoken with customers and some of our internal HP engineers, and they've regularly seen a common problem that prevents redundant power set ups from providing system level protection - a big problem, especially for mission critical systems. HP has something that could help you diagnose and prevent this problem in your data center.

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Quick and Easy Power Savings for Servers

jacob.van-ewyk| January 14, 2011
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I had a chance to spend some time with a customer yesterday talking about how HP runs its internal IT operations, industry best practices, trends and more.

 

One of the interesting comments from the customer was that they were running all there servers at high performance or maximum power levels all the time, even though he knew that average utilization was 40% or less even with virtualization. He also said that he was worried about the risk of reducing processor power and potentially impacting server performance, something that was echoed by studies that I mentioned in a blog post late last year.

 

One of his requests was a practical way to start implementing power management in a non-intrusive, quick and easy way. He hadn't seen anything that provided that level of detail. Since he primarily had HP BladeSystem for his compute infrastructure, we figured that it made sense to implement HP Power Regulator dynamic power mode on his blades via the iLO 3 cards.

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  • Kirk Bresniker is the Vice President/Chief Technologist for HP Business Critical Systems where he has technical responsibility for all things Mission Critical, including HP-UX, NonStop and scalable x86 platforms. He joined HP in 1989 after graduating from Santa Clara University and has been an HP Fellow since 2008.
  • I’m the worldwide marketing manager for HP NonStop. I’ll be blogging and tweeting out news as it relates to NonStop solutions – you can find me here and on twitter at @CarolynatHP
  • Cynthia is part of the HP ExpertOne team. ExpertOne offers professional IT training and certifications from infrastructure refresh to areas that span across the datacenter like Cloud and Converged Infrastructure.
  • I have worked with NonStop systems since 1982. I am a Master Technologist for HP and am part of the IT SWAT organization, the Cloud SWAT and work with HP Labs. I report into the Enterprise Solutions and Architecture organization.
  • Joe Androlowicz is a Technical Communications and Marketing manager in HP’s NonStop Product Division. Joe is a 25 year journeyman in information systems design, instructional technologies and multimedia development. He left Apple Computer for Tandem Computers to help launch G03 and hasn’t looked back yet. He previously managed the program management team for the NonStop Education and Training Center and drove the development and growth of the NonStop Certification programs.
  • As a recent college graduate I am new to the world of converged infrastructure, cloud and big data. I am very excited about the innovation HP can bring to the future of mission critical IT.
  • Hello! I am a social media manager for servers, so my posts will be geared towards HP server-related news & info.
  • HP Editor-Enterprise Group: ISS, BCS, Converged Infrastructure (CI), Converged Cloud, Converged App Systems (CAS), and ExpertOne
  • Luke Oda is a member of the HP's BCS Marketing team. With a primary focus on marketing programs that support HP's BCS portfolio. His interests include all things mission-critical and the continuing innovation that HP demonstrates across the globe.
  • I’m the Worldwide Product Marketing Manager for HP Serviceguard Solutions for Linux in BCS. I’ll be blogging about the latest news and enhancements as it relates to this product.
  • Greetings! I am on the HP Enterprise Group marketing team focused on Content Marketing for Business Critical Systems. Topics I am interested in include mission-critical computing, scale up x86, and Converged Infrastructure, Converged Systems.
  • As a Managing Consultant for HP’s Enterprise Solution & Architecture group, I collaborate with client business and IT senior management to understand, prioritize and architect advanced use of data and information, drawing insights required to make informed business decisions. My current focus leverages event-driven business intelligence design techniques and technologies to identify patterns, anticipate outcomes and proactively optimize business response creating a differentiated position in the marketplace for the client.
  • Vinay Gupta is an HP Distinguished Technologist and the NonStop Manageability Architect. He joined Tandem in 1994 after graduating from Indian Institute of Technology. He has worked on many NonStop manageability applications over time. He works across various groups within NonStop and HP to ensure consistency and interoperability in manageability interfaces and applications. He is also a member of DMTF workgroups.
  • Wendy Bartlett is a Distinguished Technologist in HP’s NonStop Enterprise Division, and focuses on dependability – security and availability - for the NonStop server line. She joined Tandem in 1978. Her other main area of interest is system architecture evolution. She has an M.S. degree in computer science from Stanford University.
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