An Energy Case for Hybrid Datacenters

Reducing energy consumption in datacenters is key to building low
cost datacenters. To address this challenge, we explore the potential
of hybrid datacenter designs that mix low power platforms with
high performance ones. We show how these designs can handle
diverse workloads with different service level agreements in an energy
efficient fashion. We evaluate the feasibility of our approach
through experiments and then discuss the design challenges and
options of hybrid datacenters.