[dpdk-dev] [Bug 1] Green goal: power efficiency with all hardwares
Yuanhan Liu
yliu at fridaylinux.org
Mon Sep 11 10:56:40 CEST 2017
Congratulations for filing the first DPDK bug :)
--yliu
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 08:43:05AM +0000, bugzilla at dpdk.org wrote:
> http://dpdk.org/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1
>
> Bug ID: 1
> Summary: Green goal: power efficiency with all hardwares
> Product: DPDK
> Version: unspecified
> Hardware: All
> OS: All
> Status: CONFIRMED
> Severity: normal
> Priority: Normal
> Component: other
> Assignee: dev at dpdk.org
> Reporter: thomas at monjalon.net
> Target Milestone: 17.11
>
> Internet infrastructures have a large environmental impact.
> We need more and more machines, implying more manufacturing, more shipping,
> more powering and more cooling.
>
> With DPDK, every CPU cycle matters in order to achieve a high throughput.
> It helps to reduce the number of required machines for maximum load.
> Using machine capabilities at best is a case of power efficiency.
>
> There in another case to consider regarding our energy footprint.
> When the machines are not under heavy load, we can reduce powering and cooling.
> This case requires power management to be well integrated with DPDK systems.
>
> Last but not the least, the power efficiency must be considered for every
> hardwares used in datacenters and telecom equipments.
>
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