Research Article

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

Table 9

CPU load equals 90%; number of connections to handle is given for the scenario. Estimated values represent the total annual cost of the energy and cooling usage, rounded up to the nearest dollar.

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

Role  1 156 57 051$
Role  2 352 128 728$
Role  3 520 190 168$