The Importance of Defragmentation to Virtualization and Green Computing

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For many years, the mantra of the computer industry -- and computer users -- was 'more power!' Faster chips, faster hard drives, and as much memory as could possibly fit were the priorities. Only secondary attention -- if that -- was paid to the amount of energy consumed or a company's carbon footprint. Now with global climate change making itself very firmly felt, energy conservation has now become vital, and key technologies such as virtualization have come to the fore. And although you may not realize it, defragmentation can make a significant difference in the effectiveness of virtualization and the amount of energy consumed.

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