Cisco Blog > Data Center and Cloud
May 4, 2013 at 12:40 pm PST
Cisco’s server power engineering team recently compared the Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis with B200 M3 blade servers against HP’s BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure and HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 blade servers.
The results weren’t surprising internally, but they might surprise you. The main findings were:
- Efficiency
- The Cisco UCS 5108 enclosure configured with Cisco UCS B200 M3 blades achieved a 6.3% higher performance-to-power ratio than the HP BladeSystem c7000 with HP ProLiant BL460c blades, using with similarly configured hardware, BIOS, and OS settings.
- At a 70% target load, the Cisco UCS blade solution consumed 6.5% less power than the HP ProLiant blade solution.
- Power
- At the maximum target load, the Cisco UCS blade solution consumed 192 watts (W), or 7.2% less power, than the equivalently configured HP BladeSystem solution.
- The Cisco UCS blade solution consumed 167 watts, or 17.4% less power, while idle than the equivalently configured HP BladeSystem solution: a difference equivalent to the power consumed by three idle HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 blades.
- Including the power consumed by a pair of redundant Fabric Interconnects, the Cisco UCS blade solution consumes less power than an equivalent HP BladeSystem solution.
The complete results are posted on Cisoc.com (link to download the entire white paper) so that you can replicate the results independently.
What are our customers saying about their power and cooling savings? See my previous blog post “Cisco UCS Servers – Watts driving your power and cooling costs?”
How much could you save by switching to UCS?
Would you like to learn more about how Cisco UCS can help you? There are more than 250 published datacenter case studies on Cisco.com. Additionally, there is a TCO/ROI tool that will allow you to compare your existing environment to a new UCS Solution. For a more in-depth TCO/ROI analysis, contact your Cisco partner.
Tags: B200, power, UCS
November 21, 2012 at 12:00 pm PST
When I was a kid, one of my neighbors had a solar radiometer. It’s a glass bulb about the size of a baseball, with diamond-shaped panels connected to a spindle. The panels, black on one side and silver on the other, would turn on the spindle when exposed to light.
I enjoyed experimenting with the gizmo, edging it in and out of the sunbeam that shone through a window and onto their kitchen table. How close to the light did the radiometer need to be for the panels to move? What if I shaded it with a piece of cardboard? How fast would the spindle turn if I put the radiometer fully in the light? Read More »
Tags: alternative energy, Cisco, coc-data-center, data center, datacenterdeconstructed, power, radiometer, solar
October 8, 2012 at 4:15 pm PST
What comes to mind when you think about the color blue? Whenever I think about the color blue in nature, I’m transported to the clear blue skies and turquoise ocean waves of Hawaii. For many people, the color blue has a restorative quality: It’s invigorating and puts us back in control of priorities. My affinity for “all things blue,” is why I was attracted to this story about Cisco customer, BlueWave Computing, LLC., a cloud services provider based in Atlanta, Georgia. BlueWave’s existing server and storage infrastructure had reached its limits and was creating performance and reliability issues. That’s when BlueWave decided it was time for a change. They worked with Cisco to reinvigorate their data center, making it ready for next generation of cloud services, and clearing the way for ”nothing but blue skies ahead.”
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Tags: Cisco, Computing, cooling, data center, power, server, UCS
August 8, 2012 at 10:00 am PST
What would you do if the next time you drove your car, you noticed a small amount of fuel leaking from it? What if all cars on the road had similar leaks?
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Tags: AC, alternating current, Cisco, coc-data-center, conversion losses, data center, datacenterdeconstructed, DC, direct current, Energy, power
February 27, 2012 at 10:13 pm PST
It’s widely recognised that the most effective leaders and the best managers are those who consider and understand the impact of what they say and do, on other people.
Who hasn’t been in a meeting where somebody senior has absolutely crushed someone else – often without even realising the effect that might have had on that person’s motivation and wellbeing? Many of us have had the “boss from hell” – the one that bullies or cajoles or frightens others into submission.
In my experience the best bosses are those who lead without taking power from others. They are the people who lead by example, who instil respect and loyalty, and who make others feel empowered to do their jobs well.
But power is not just about being a boss.
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Tags: bullying, diversity, inclusion, positional power, power, respect
