World Congress 2024 • Aug 29, 2024 • Session details

Minimising the Carbon Footprint of Workloads

Michael Mueller

Idling servers still consume 60% of their peak power. Slash your infrastructure's carbon footprint using kernel-level energy profiling, strict right-sizing, and strategic workload time-shifting.

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