Author: Don Jeanette, Sr. Manager, Product Marketing
Fujitsu Computer Products of America
When computers use less energy, they cost less to operate, thereby increasing a company's profits. It does not get any simpler than that. Fujitsu has once again answered the call to helping companies save money by saving power, while at the same time, helping the environment. Fujitsu is now shipping its third generation 2.5" 10K RPM and first generation 15K RPM Enterprise hard disk drives. These drives range from 36GB up to 147GB in capacity.
While today's computers offer higher processor speeds and more memory at a lower acquisition cost than ever before, they cost much more to operate. That's because while newer server-class computers are smaller and more powerful than before, their greater processing power and increased capacity for storage make them consume more power as they perform their work.
These increasingly powerful processors, larger-scale memory devices, emit more waste heat than earlier models. They have less space in which to dissipate heat, and that heat must dissipate through higher-volume fans. Furthermore, the additional heat dissipated into data centers has to be re-dissipated using more powerful air-cooling systems.
