Both Hewlett-Packard 's (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) Utility Data Center model and Sun Microsystems ' (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) N1 approach stress filling computers with the heaviest possible workloads--a change from the standard model of buying new servers when they run at 30% of capacity, for fear of hitting the occasional spike in activity.
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