2013 Training Scheduled
SNIA Emerald Power Efficiency Measurement Specification,
for use in Energy Star
--Week of June 24, 2013
--SNIA Technology Center, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
--Contact: emerald@snia.org
SNIA Green Storage Specification & Membership Discount Announced
The SNIA Membership has recently approved the SNIA EmeraldTM Power Efficiency Measurement Specification to be a publicly available SNIA Standard, which can be downloaded from here.
The significance of this specification is it can be a foundation for national bodies working on green IT and data center energy efficiency equipment programs to cross-reference.
This new SNIA EmeraldTM released specification defines methodologies and metrics for the evaluation of the related performance and energy consumption of storage products in specific active and idle states. Storage products and components are said to be in an “active” state when they are processing externally-initiated, application-level requests for data transfer between host(s) and the storage product(s). For purposes of this specification, idle is defined as “ready idle”, in which storage systems and components are configured, powered up, connected to one or more hosts and capable of satisfying externally-initiated, application-level initiated I/O requests within normal response time constraints, but no such I/O requests are being submitted.
To read more, please click here.
June 2011: Introducing the SNIA Emerald™ Program by Tom Hammond-Doel, GSI Marketing Committee Co-Chairman.
Staring out the window at Puget Sound and Whidbey Island, the beautiful evergreen trees seem to dominate all visible land. Ah – Green! Symbolic of anything that has to do with energy efficiency, there is a real appreciation for the natural conversion of sunlight to energy by the trees in view. Being part of the storage networking industry, I wonder how good it would be for data storage networking systems to be as efficient as the trees when it comes to converting energy to real work. Even better would be a way to measure just how energy efficient all these storage networking systems are and be able to compare one system to another.
Back in 2006, the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) began studying energy efficiency as applied to data storage networking systems. As a result, a Green Storage Technical Working Group (GS-TWG) was formed to study the issue. Soon after the formation of the GS-TWG we saw ongoing efforts would be needed, and to ensure the GS-TWG had guidance, focus and a means of promoting its efforts, the Green Storage Initiative (GSI) was formed. As is typical in industry associations, when a technical activity gains steam, the need for providing additional industry requirements and publicizing the results does become needed. Essentially, the GSI became the marketing arm of the highly technical GS-TWG in order to provide this much needed service.
To read the full article, please click here.
October 2010: The SNIA Emerald™ Program website launched: www.sniaemerald.com
June 2010: The SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) GSI (Green Storage Initiative) is developing a test methodology and metric for measuring the power used by storage systems. The qualification program that will be used for managing and submitting the results of testing for public use gets an 'official' name: The SNIA Emerald™ Program.
SNIA Green Storage Initiative "Marks Continued Momentum"
April 13th 2010: ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - April 13, 2010) - The Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Green Storage Initiative (GSI)today announced significant progress and has built momentum in support of several additional Green initiatives. Press Release cont.....
SNIA Green Storage Initiative "Green Storage Power Measurement Specification"
January 21, 2009: The SNIA GSI announces the availability for public comment and review the initial release of its Green Storage Power Measurement Specification. A result of the hard work from the GSI Technical Working Group, this initial release contains a comprehensive Storage Taxonomy for classifying storage products as well as a baseline standard for idle power measurement. Future releases will include an Active Measurement standard as well as procedures for auditing and reporting of results. After you have taken a look at the Press Release, make sure to download a copy!
