[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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