Data center infrastructure efficiency (DCIE), is a
performance improvement
Performance improvement is measuring the output of a particular business process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the Output (economics), output, increase efficiency (economics), efficiency, or increase the effect ...
metric used to calculate the
energy efficiency of a
data center. DCIE is the percentage value derived, by dividing
information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
equipment power by total facility power.
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See also
* Power usage effectiveness
* Performance per watt
* Green computing
* Data center infrastructure management
* IT energy management
References
Benchmarks (computing)
Energy conservation
Electric power
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