Aside from being a quick and easy way to prolong the life time of your Alpha applications, applying vtAlpha can be a serious contribution to lowering your energy consumption.
We ran a energy consumption measurement between an AlphaServer of average size and its vtAlpha equivalent. The results were significant.
A four CPU Alpha Server consumed 630 Watts. Its vtAlpha equivalent consumed only 230 Watts.
60% less energy consumption by using vtAlpha!
When you combine two of these Alpha’s on a single host, power consumption will drop from 1260 Watt to 290: 75% less!
Also, the energy candle burns on two ends: power consumption results in heat dissipation, which you have to cool down again, so the gain is x 2. When you have Green Goals to achieve vtAlpha will certainly help you.
And there is more.
We have developed the Eco App, allowing vtAlpha to cut energy consumption even further. Eco App shaves another 25% of your energy consumption. It is packaged with vtAlpha, you only have to add it to OpenVMS or activate it in a Tru64 installation. There are no downsides for its use, no performance loss or anything else, so we recommend to always activate it.
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Please check your vtAlpha documentation, your vtAlpha support person, or ask us to contact you.
