Executive Order 13693 established aggressive goals for data center energy use. This course will present best practices on energy efficiency in data centers.

This eTraining will go in depth on the energy savings opportunities within the IT equipment, such as server energy efficiency opportunities, and consolidation best practices. It will cover the efficiency ratings for different power supplies and the ways software can be managed to keep the optimal load for energy savings.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will learn to:

• Evaluate servers by computations per watt and other efficiency standards;
• Identify opportunities for data center consolidation;
• Increase software efficiency through virtualization;
• Improve data storage management by reducing redundancy; and
• Enable power management features within IT equipment.