Energy Star Rated Servers-so few options!

As I understand it, the definition of Energy Star Server is currently undergoing revision, which may account for why there is only one on the list. You're other option is to look at your large data center from larger standpoint, and say that your data center as a whole meets EnergyStar. The methodology for this is available on their website, but the short version is that to be qualified as Energy Star, they must meet a certain requirement of energy Use based on the total power used by the servers. Paul

We have frequently found that the list of qualified products provided by Energy Star is not exhaustive. So try checking with manufacturers directly. You should also make sure the servers you are specifying are actually eligable. The definition provided by Energy Star is: "Computer Servers must have all of the following characteristics: Marketed and sold as a Computer Server; Designed for and listed as supporting Computer Server Operating Systems (OS) and/or hypervisors, and targeted to run user-installed enterprise applications; Support for error-correcting code (ECC) and/or buffered memory (including both buffered DIMMs and buffered on board (BOB) configurations); Packaged and sold with one or more AC-DC or DC-DC power supply(s); and All processors have access to shared system memory and are independently visible to a single OS or hypervisor. Note: In addition to those products that do not meet the computer server definition above, the following product types are explicitly ineligible for ENERGY STAR qualification: Blade Systems including Blade Servers and Blade Chassis Fully Fault Tolerant Servers Server Appliances Multi-Node Systems Storage Equipment including Blade Storage Network Equipment"