Research Article

On Security Management: Improving Energy Efficiency, Decreasing Negative Environmental Impact, and Reducing Financial Costs for Data Centers

Table 12

CPU load equals 90%; number of connections to handle is given for the defined scenario. Estimated values represent the total, approximate annual environmental impact (in pounds of CO2), rounded up to the nearest pound.

Scenario (users to handle ≈ 15 824 764 800)
Server(s) Pounds of CO2

Role  1 156 871 218
Role  2 352 1 965 790
Role  3 520 2 904 045