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Power Benchmarking: A New Methodology for Analyzing Performance by Applying Energy Efficiency Metrics

Source: IBM
Date: January 2008
Type: White Paper
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Overview: IBM and other vendor strategies are to use power benchmarking to show leadership in both performance and power efficiency. The goal is to demonstrate how well the system being measured makes use of the available power to deliver computational performance. In the near future, IT providers will plan, execute and publish power-performance proof points using industry standard and ISV benchmarks in order to demonstrate advantage. This paper discusses the application of power metrics to legacy systems performance measurements. It reviews energy efficiency measurement considerations for systems and highlight an example of applying this methodology to an industry standard benchmark.


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