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This chapter describes a rating methodology developed by the SPEC OSG Power Subcommittee for commodity servers. It is designed to characterize and rate the energy efficiency of an SUT for multiple load levels, showcasing load level differences in system behavior regarding energy efficiency.
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Kounev, S., Lange, KD., Kistowski, J.v. (2020). Benchmarking the Energy Efficiency of Servers. In: Systems Benchmarking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41705-5_11
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