Sustainability pillar
The sustainability pillar focuses on environmental sustainability.
Sustainability in the cloud is a continuous effort focused primarily on energy reduction and efficiency across all components of a workload by achieving the maximum benefit from the resources provisioned and minimizing the total resources required. This effort can include:
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The initial selection of an efficient programming language.
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The adoption of modern algorithms.
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The use of efficient data storage techniques.
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The deployment of correctly sized and efficient compute infrastructure.
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The minimization of requirements for high-powered end-user hardware.