VMware Distributed Power Management (DPM) continuously optimizes power consumption in the datacenter. When virtual machines in a DRS cluster need fewer resources, such as during nights and weekends, DPM consolidates workloads onto fewer servers and powers off the rest to reduce power consumption. When virtual machine resource requirements increase (such as when users log into applications in to morning), DPM brings powered-down hosts back online to ensure service levels are met.

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Distributed Power Management allows IT organizations to:
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	<li>Cut ongoing power and cooling costs by upto 20% in the datacenter during low utilization time periods.</li>
	<li>Automate management of energy efficiency in the datacenter</li>
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VMware DRS (with DPM) is included in the <a href="http://blogs.egroup.jasonmangone.com/products/vsphere/mid-size-and-enterprise-business/buy.html">VMware vSphere Enterprise and Enterprise Plus edition</a> . <a href="http://blogs.egroup.jasonmangone.com/products/vi/vc/vmotion.html">VMware VMotion</a> is required to implement VMware DRS.