WP#17 - Proxy Proposals for Measuring Data Center Productivity (Obsolete)

Overview

WP#17 is a Green Grid paper dated 5 January 2009 and marked OBSOLETE in the library. It proposes eight proxies for estimating useful work in data centres and offers them for community feedback.

According to the abstract, feedback was to be solicited for at least 90 days before evaluation, and the final proxy choices were to be the subject of further Green Grid research. The paper is therefore a consultation draft rather than a conclusive document: it lists candidate solutions for indicators that could relate the useful work a data centre produces to the energy it uses.

Because the paper is obsolete, it should not be relied on in design decisions; the record notes that it was later validated in WP#59. Today, when a work-per-energy indicator is needed, WP#59 and WP#94 are preferred. WP#17 is valuable only for understanding the history of how the industry approached productivity measurement.

Key points

1. Dated 5 January 2009; marked OBSOLETE in the library.
2. Proposes eight productivity proxies for evaluation.
3. Feedback was solicited for at least 90 days before evaluation.
4. Final proxy choices were to be subject of further Green Grid research.
5. Later validated in WP#59.
6. WP#59 and WP#94 are preferred for work-per-energy indicators.
7. Of historical value only.

Using it in design

• Use as historical reference only.
• Prefer WP#59 or WP#94 for any work-per-energy indicator.
• Avoid relying on an obsolete source in efficiency reports; if it must be cited, say that it is obsolete.

Who should read it

Researchers studying the history of data center productivity metrics, and engineers choosing a measurement method.

Publication details

Authors

The Green Grid

Publisher

The Green Grid

Year

2009

Document number

WP 17

Document language

English

Source type

Industry body

Access

Citation only

Licence

Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document

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