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Appendix B
Checklists and Tips
B.1 Facilities, Power, Cooling, Floor Space and
Environmental Health and Safety
Consolidate where practical without negatively impacting perfor-
mance.
Leverage faster servers, storage, and networks to replace multiple
slower devices.
Power down where practical; reduce power usage when possible.
Review heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) and
energy usage, including thermal assessment.
Adopt smart, adaptive, intelligent, and precision cooling technolo-
gies.
Use economizers and other alternative cooling techniques where
possible.
Balance energy use between traditional and renewable energy ...