Going Green with Windows Server 2012

A big part of server management and maintenance practices is planning for resources, including reducing the environmental impact of servers. Power consumption of servers is a huge environmental concern today and a significant expense for large data centers.

Windows Server 2012 continues the “green” trend with green concerns in mind and specifically with reducing the power consumption, carbon footprint, and therefore, the environmental impact of running a server. This includes server-level improvements and data center-level improvements.

Windows Server 2012 reduces the power consumption of individual servers through several new or improved technologies, as follows:

An improved Processor Power Management ...

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