Server CAR

Server CAR (Consolidation Analysis Resource) is an online product that analyses server consolidation scenarios with a key focus on deriving and quantifying footprint, energy, and carbon emissions reductions. It is a server consolidation planning tool that includes a Carbon Calculator to calculate carbon emission reductions and electricity cost savings for a specific server consolidation project or group of projects.

Ideas International provides consulting and analysis services on enterprise IT infrastructure including servers, storage, system software and services. It operates in Australia, USA and UK and have reseller agreements in many other countries. Server CAR is offered as a resource for those embarking on server consolidation and carbon emission reduction projects.

The software is a web-based application that runs on Windows. It is available only in English.

Server CAR provides a methodology for recording and analysing the aggregated performance and environmental profiles of installed servers, and it enables realistic comparisons against target replacement and virtualised servers to be made. It also allows users to select and evaluate consolidation scenarios against the most pressing criteria such as the expected energy, footprint, performance, or price benefits.