Having An Efficiency Standard Like SNIA's Is Good. But What About Public Cloud?
Blocks&Files, December 20th, 2022
The Emerald energy initiative from the SNIA holds great promise to better measure storage efficiency and lower carbon emissions, but it's missing a public cloud storage element, and that can only come with the cooperation of the big three hyperscalers.
Energy efficiency is getting more and more important as a storage buying criterion. As yet there is no standardized and transparent way for buyers to compare and contrast potential storage purchases on an energy efficiency basis. A standard comparison metric will be needed if businesses are to meaningfully understand the carbon emission load of their storage systems.
Who better than a storage industry body to produce such a measurement process?