Emerald Program

The SNIA Emerald Program Power Efficiency Measurement Specification,[1] is a storage specification developed and maintained by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and cross-referenced by the Environmental Protection Agency’s EnergyStar program.[2] The specification consists of a storage types taxonomy, system under test workload and energy measurement method, measured metrics for active and idle operational states, and presence tests for capacity optimization technologies. The measured metric data is generated through the use of well-defined standard testing and data reduction procedures prescribed in the SNIA Emerald Specification.[1]

SNIA's ongoing collaboration with the EPA has helped to shape the Energy Star Data Center Storage (DCS) Specification.[3] The EPA DCS specification cross-references the SNIA Emerald Specification as the test and measurement methodology.[4]

  1. ^ a b "SNIA Emerald™ Power Efficiency Measurement Specification | SNIA". www.snia.org.
  2. ^ "Data Center Storage Specification Version 1.0 | | ENERGY STAR". www.energystar.gov.
  3. ^ "Product Finder — Data Center Storage". www.energystar.gov.
  4. ^ "Data Center Storage Key Product Criteria". www.energystar.gov.