Fujitsu has long been in the vanguard of environmentally-responsible companies that understand the vital importance of protecting the globe. In a recently published white paper, Fujitsu details the steps it has taken to lower the energy demands of its ETERNUS storage systems. 

 

In its statement of scope, the paper notes: “Today, because of strong demand for storage capacity, customers are faced with serious issues of power and cooling in their data centers. The density of today’s storage systems, the insatiable demand for storage and the rising cost of energy are forerunners of an impending energy crisis in the data center. 

 

“Analysts predict that data centers will soon reach their capacity limits in terms of power and air conditioning. This may impose tight restrictions on companies who want to expand their business but also need to substantially increase IT support in growing market segments, if there are no changes in the energy efficiency of IT systems and their operation. Gartner predicts that within the next several years, half of the world’s data centers will become obsolete because of power and space restrictions and that energy costs will eat up to one-third of IT budgets. Gartner forecasts that in 2008, 50% of all data centers will no longer be able to meet the power and cooling requirements of their IT systems.” 

 

To read the entire white paper about this enormously important subject, go to this link.