External Links

Storage Networking Industry Association

• SNIA - homepage

Green Storage Initiative of the SNIA

• GSI - homepage
• Technology Focus: Power Efficiency Measurement

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

BLUE ANGEL - The Environmental Label

• Server and Data Storage Products

TCO Certified

• TCO Certified - home page
• TCO Certified for data center products