Cisco Energy-Efficient Data Center Solutions Data center power and cooling requirements are high-priority topics for Cisco customers, prompted by recent advances in computing and storage product designs. The network is uniquely positioned in the data center to facilitate increased utilization of storage resources. In some cases, the network also provides virtualized services that in the past were supported by appliances. Integrating the functions of an appliance-based architecture into an architecture that is based on service modules can free power capacity and slow power consumption growth. Energy-Efficient Solutions There are many approaches to reducing the growth of power consumption. The solutions described here involve doing more with less by increasing utilization through virtualization, replacing appliances with a service module architecture, and managing power consumption through network-based management. These solutions affect not just the network architecture but also the infrastructure adjacent to the network. For more info, click here.

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