Usage methodology
Usage impacts can be measured at device or component level from usage configuration.
Usage impacts are measured by multiplying a duration, an impact factor, and an electrical consumption :
impact = electrical_consumption * duration * impact_factor
Characteristics
General usage
Name | Unit | Default value | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
days_use_time | None | One year (365 days) | Number of days considered in the evaluation | 2 |
hours_use_time | None | One year (8760 hours) | Number of hours considered in the evaluation | 2 |
years_use_time | None | One year | Number of years considered in the evaluation | 2 |
years_life_time | None | 3 | Lifespan of the element | 4 |
usage_location | trigram | EEE (EU27+1) | See available country codes | FRA |
hours_electrical_consumption | Watt/hour | None | Average electrical consumption per hour | 120 |
time_workload | 50% | See usage | .. |
Server usage
In addition to the parameters from the above table, you can use the following:
Name | Unit | Default value | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
other_consumption_ratio | None | 0.33 | Power consumption ratio of other components relative to RAM and CPU | 0.2 |
Cloud usage
In addition to the parameters from both tables above, you can use the following:
Name | Unit | Default value | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
instance_per_server | None | 1 | See usage | 10 |
years_life_time | None | 2 | Lifespan of the cloud element | 2 |