Please note: PUE: A Comprehensive Examination of the Metric supersedes all prior white papers and consolidates all of the new and previously published content that The Green Grid has developed related to PUE.
Editor:
Gary Verdun, Dell
Contributors:
Dan Azevedo, Symantec Nick Gruendler, IBM
Hugh Barrass, Cisco Bob Macarthur, EMC
Stephen Berard, Microsoft Phil Morris, Sun Microsystems
Mark Bramfitt, PG&E Andy Rawson, AMD
Tahir Cader, Spraycool Jim Simonelli, APC by Schneider Electric
Tommy Darby, TI Harkeeret Singh, BT
John Wallerich, Intel Christine Long, APC by Schneider Electric
This paper serves as a follow-up to the previously published The Green Grid Metrics: Describing Data Center Power Efficiency white paper. The paper provides a detailed analysis to support and strengthen the DCiE metric with the intent of enabling data center managers collectively to derive and use DCiE as a global standard metric.