External Links
Storage Networking Industry Association
- SNIA - homepage
Green Storage Initiative of the SNIA
ENERGY STAR
- EPA ENERGY STAR Program website - homepage
- ENERGY STAR Certified Data Center Storage - product data
- Data Center Storage V1.1 Specification
- Data Center Storage V2.0 Specification
- Data Center Storage Products
- Annual unit shipment reports for Data Center Storage
- Enterprise Servers
- Large Network Equipment
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies Specification
USA Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA - homepage
European Union Data Center Code of Conduct Program
- European Union Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centres and the relation to storage system energy efficiency
The Green Grid
- The Green Grid - homepage
- WP#36 - DATA CENTER MATURITY MODEL
- Data Center Maturity Model Assessment Tool
- WP#77 - ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTER STORAGE
- WP#58 - THE GREEN GRID DATA CENTER STORAGE PRODUCTIVITY METRICS (DCSP)
80 PLUS
- 80 PLUS homepage and information about power supply efficiency
sFlow® - an industry standard technology for monitoring high speed switched networks
- sFlow® - home page
- Feature Overview and Configuration Guide
Storage Performance Council (SPC)
- SPC - homepage
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
- Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation - homepage
Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC)
- Transaction Processing Performance Council - Homepage
European Union Lot 9
- Product Groups - Lot 9 - Enterprise servers, data storage and ancillary equipment
- Lot 9 Directive March 15, 2019 - Regulations take effect March 2020
Germany BLUE ANGEL - The Environmental Label
Japan Top Runner Program
- Japan Top Runner Program, see section 7.7 for Magnetic Disk Drives
TCO Certified
- TCO testing cross-references the use of EPA Energy Star DCS V1.1 Test Method
- TCO Certified - home page
- TCO Certified for data center products