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Data Centres Can Cut Energy Use By Up To 30% With Just About 30 Lines of Code, Research Shows
Research has found that data centres can reduce their energy usage by up to 30% simply by altering around 30 lines of code in the Linux kernel’s network stack. Scientists from the University of Waterloo in Canada identified inefficiencies in the way servers process incoming network traffic. The breakthrough comes from interrupt request suspension, a technique that optimises CPU power…
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Scientists say they can cut data center energy consumption by changing just a few lines of code
Data center energy consumption could be cut by up to 30% simply by changing a few lines of code, according to new research. Most data centers around the world use the open source operating system Linux, and researchers from Canada’s University of Waterloo said this can create efficient data flows, thereby causing energy consumption to increase. “Information arrives at data…
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How to Skip Those Lines
Insider secrets for getting reservations at always-booked restaurants, tickets to popular sporting events and concerts, important medical appointments, and more We’ve all experienced the stress of missing a flight because of long security lines, waiting on hold for an hour trying to get through to the IRS, or being told we have to wait a month to see a doctor…
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Not Enough Lines in Your Linux Terminal? Here’s How to See More
Recently I was running some Linux terminal commands with a glut of output, so much that my terminal window wouldn’t let me scroll up far enough to read it all. Here’s a quick trick I used to scroll further up in a terminal window without using a special command. Your terminal’s ability to keep scrolling back through history, or the…
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