A new unit of measurement

All the talk of green networking at has vendors running around Interop saying “Mine is smaller than yours,” when it comes to power consumption by their equipment.

That’s leading to a whole new way of looking at network hardware. Citrix introduced a new NetScaler box that is faster than any of its previous devices and consumes less power than their slower boxs.

Really? A faster box costs less to run?

Well not really. It burns less power when you consider how much it burns per megabit of throughput.

So remember to ask your vendors for the watts/bit/sec ratings before you buy any networking gear from now on.