Green HPC (energy efficiency, cooling)
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Energy efficiency
Software solutions to energy efficiency
- PBS Works middleware allows "Green Provisioning" power management facility to switch off idle nodes.
- gewake allow Sun Grid Engine machines to be shutdown when idle and automatically woken up when needed: https://github.com/opoplawski/gewake
Cooling
Liquid cooling
Liquid cooling has many advantages, which derive from the much higher heat capacity per unit volume of water compared to air (by a factor of 3500 times higher). Liquid cooling implies higher densities, energy savings and the possibility to reuse the thermal energy that the water extracts from the IT equipment. Some additional advantages can be found in terms of lower noise levels, less vibrations and close control of electronics temperatures.
Links:
- http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-06-11/liquid_cooling:_decisions_types_approaches..html
- http://content.yudu.com/A1x5ov/SCWJUNJUL12/resources/30.htm
Related material
Webcasts
There are several nice webcasts related to Green HPC on Scientific Computing World:
- Green computing with GPUs
- New advances in power and cooling technology
- Energy efficiency and supercomputing