The Case for Full-Throttle Computing: An Alternative Datacenter Design Strategy
José Eduardo Moreira, John P. Karidis · IEEE Micro · 2010
The authors argue that the minimum cost of computing can be provided by consolidating real-time workloads onto relatively large servers, which can operate at high utilization while maintaining required response time, and then filling the remaining overhead capacity with batch-like workloads sold at a significantly reduced price.