Data center infrastructure efficiency (DCIE), is a performance improvement metric used to calculate the energy efficiency of a data center. DCIE is the percentage value derived, by dividing information technology equipment power by total facility power.
See also
- Power usage effectiveness
- Performance per watt
- Green computing
- Data center infrastructure management
- IT energy management
References
SearchdataCenter.com - data center infrastructure efficiency (DCIE) http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid80_gci1307931,00.html ↩
"The Green Grid - The Green Grid Data Center Power Efficiency Metrics: PUE and DCiE". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090217182325/http://thegreengrid.org/sitecore/content/Global/Content/white-papers/The-Green-Grid-Data-Center-Power-Efficiency-Metrics-PUE-and-DCiE.aspx ↩
DatacenterDynamics FOCUS - Data Center Efficiency: If you can't measure it, you can't improve it[permanent dead link] http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=AA31C266434D4801B751E418AAE26DFA&AudID=E5BD2FF22AF74DF3A0D5F4E519A61511 ↩