HP software is tested in lab tests

Published:2012/6/1 3:14:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

According to the engineers at HP Labs, the software in a research setting that significantly lowers power consumption for large data centers is demonstrated. Then, the engineers will measure the tools in a full production data center at Hewlett-Packard and work on turning them into products that could ship with HP’s container-class systems.

In HP Labs tests, total power use is lowered with 30 percent and grid using is reduced with nearly 80 percent by HP Net-Zero Energy data center techniques. The techniques are implemented in a suite of Linux software tools that run on x86 servers and geared for data centers that use a local renewable energy source in addition to the public grid.

After HP software predicts computer and energy demand and supply, it makes and implements a plan for scheduling workloads aiming to maximize use of the fewest possible servers for the shortest possible time, ideally when the facility can mainly draw on its local renewable energy sources.

The HP Labs also will measure the software in a containerized set of data center systems at a Houston lab that is part of HP’s Moonshot program to test ARM and Intel Atom-based servers. If all goes well, HP could offer the mainly open source code within a year along with its containerized systems.

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