Cloud servers are green

Did you know that cloud servers are considered to be more eco friendly than the physical (dedicated) servers? An average server which is in use is being utilized at about 8-15% or its total capacity. This means that you are left with additional space in case there are needed more computing resources. The news is that if you start to use a Cloud Server (virtual server) you will improve the server capacity of utilization to a level of 70-80%. This is what allows servers to be consolidated at a ratio of 15:1 and this is the main reason as to why cloud servers are considered to be greener than dedicated servers. For each server that is consolidated you save costs on energy such as 7000kWh of energy per year – this means about $700 and you get to remove about 4 tons of carbon dioxide which in comparison would be like removing 1.5 cars off the road.

Other energy savings will result from the ability of the cloud server provider to power down the servers that are not utilized during the times where the need is lower, without affecting the overall service. As you use more resources, all it takes is for the provider to power the servers back in order to accommodate the new demands. By using cloud servers you also make a lot of savings in your own company. You have a fee which is 50% lower than if you had used a dedicated server instead. Since the servers are consolidated, there are less resources that are needed in the process. Also, there is a decline in the need to cool the system and also in the power requirements. The tech support can be reallocated to other areas since cloud servers don’t need a high maintenance in order to function well.