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longDesc="Metrics Internet and IT">Millions of servers around the world are
doing little more than wasting energy, according to a new study.


At least 15 percent of servers are not doing
anything useful, said a majority (72 percent) of server managers polled by
Kelton Research. In addition, 83 percent said they don’t have an adequate grasp
of server utilization, and 72 percent rely on CPU utilization as their measure
of server efficiency.


The cost of unused servers is estimated at $24.7
billion a year, including the value of hardware, maintenance, management, energy
and cooling for unused servers.


Specifically, the study concludes that an estimated
4.75 million servers worldwide are being run 24/7, managed and upgraded without
being actively used on a daily basis. Assuming about $4,400 per server per year
in operational costs (an IDC estimate), those unused servers cost $20.9 billion
to run, plus consume another $3.8 billion in energy
costs.

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