Dynamic Power Optimization for Higher Server Density Racks - A Baidu Case Study With Intel Dynamic Power Technology

Intel's Digital Enterprise Group partnered with Baidu.com conducted a Proof Of Concept (POC) project using the Intel Dynamic Power Node Manager Technology (Node Manager) to dynamically optimize server performance and power consumption to maximize the server density of a rack. The POC engineers used Node Manager to identify optimal control points, which became the basis to set power optimization policies at the node level. A management console - Intel Datacenter Manager (Datacenter Manager) was used to manage servers at rack-level to coordinate power and performance optimization between servers to ensure maximum server density and perform yield for given power envelope for the rack.