Glory only existing on implementing new projects and rarely for untangling the mess they create withing the Data Centre.
Always ask when confronted with new implementations "what are they replacing" and put an entry in your calendar for a take out of the older system. After the glory has passed you can go back and recover the rack, space and power that inactive system decommissioning will provide.
Track it and you will be surprised on the total power save over the course of a year. And my choice for power metrics is from Ideas International were you can get Specint type ratings called RPE for apples to apples comparisons of through put capabilities and power changes on source and target systems.
Regards.
Scott Wardley
Always ask when confronted with new implementations "what are they replacing" and put an entry in your calendar for a take out of the older system. After the glory has passed you can go back and recover the rack, space and power that inactive system decommissioning will provide.
Track it and you will be surprised on the total power save over the course of a year. And my choice for power metrics is from Ideas International were you can get Specint type ratings called RPE for apples to apples comparisons of through put capabilities and power changes on source and target systems.
Regards.
Scott Wardley
