SIST EN 303 804 V1.1.1:2025

Environmental Engineering (EE) - Energy efficiency metrics and measurement methods for data storage equipment

DEN/EE-EEPS44

Okoljski inženiring (EE) - Meritve energetske učinkovitosti in merilne metode za opremo za shranjevanje podatkov

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 29-Apr-2025
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-2025
• ICS: 19.040 - Environmental testing
• ICS: 27.015 - Energy efficiency. Energy conservation in general
• Technical Committee: SPN - Services and Protocols for Networks
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 09-Jun-2025
• Due Date: 14-Aug-2025
• Completion Date: 10-Jun-2025
• Mandate: M/462
• Ref Project: ETSI EN 303 804 V1.1.1 (2025-06) - Environmental Engineering (EE); Energy efficiency metrics and measurement methods for data storage equipment

Standards Content (Sample)

Draft ETSI EN 303 804 V0.0.9 (2025-01)

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Environmental Engineering (EE);
Energy efficiency metrics and measurement methods
for data storage equipment
2 Draft ETSI EN 303 804 V0.0.9 (2025-01)

Reference
DEN/EE-EEPS44
Keywords
data storage, data storage equipment, energy
efficiency, environment, measurement, metrics,
storage
ETSI
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F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

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experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
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No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
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© ETSI 2025.
All rights reserved.
ETSI
3 Draft ETSI EN 303 804 V0.0.9 (2025-01)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and conversions . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
3.4 Conversions . 13
4 Taxonomy . 13
4.1 Categories . 13
4.2 Classifications . 14
4.2.1 Attributes . 14
4.2.1.1 Access Paradigm . 14
4.2.1.2 Access Pattern . 14
4.2.1.3 Consumer/Component. 14
4.2.1.4 FBA/CKD Support . 14
4.2.1.5 MaxTTFD . 14
4.2.1.6 Media Type . 15
4.2.1.7 Multi-host Shareability . 15
4.2.1.8 No SPOF . 15
4.2.1.9 Non-Disruptive Serviceability. 15
4.2.1.10 Robotics . 15
4.2.1.11 Stable Storage Support . 15
4.2.1.12 Storage Controller . 15
4.2.1.13 Storage Protection . 15
4.2.1.14 System Capacity . 15
4.2.2 Classifications overview . 16
4.2.3 Online disk . 18
4.2.4 Near-online disk . 19
4.2.5 Removable Media Library . 19
4.2.6 Virtual Media Library . 20
4.2.7 Disk access NVSS . 20
4.2.8 Memory access NVSS . 21
5 Metrics . 21
5.1 Performance metric . 21
5.2 Power metric . 21
5.3 Energy efficiency metric . 21
5.3.1 Active state energy efficiency metric. 21
5.3.2 Idle state energy efficiency metric . 22
6 Test definition and execution rules . 22
6.1 Test setup. 22
6.1.1 Configuration . 22
6.1.2 Environment . 22
6.1.3 Power . 23
6.1.4 RAS . 23
6.1.5 Measurement equipment requirement . 23
6.1.6 EUT Consistency . 24
ETSI
4 Draft ETSI EN 303 804 V0.0.9 (2025-01)
6.2 Equipment Under Test (EUT) Configuration . 24
6.3 Workload . 25
6.3.1 General . 25
6.3.2 Block Access IO Profiles . 25
6.3.3 File Access IO Profiles . 25
6.3.3.1 Overview of Workloads . 25
6.3.3.2 Software Building Workload . 26
6.3.3.3 Video Data Acquisition Workload . 26
6.3.3.4 Electronic Design Automation Workload . 26
6.3.3.5 AI Image Workload. 26
6.3.3.6 Genomics Workload. 26
6.3.4 Workload Generator . 26
6.4 Test procedures . 27
6.4.1 Block Access workload Test procedure . 27
6.4.2 File Access workload Test procedure . 28
6.4.3 Test procedure for idle power at normal operating conditions . 28
7 Measurement . 29
7.1 Measurement for active state efficiency . 29
7.2 Measurement for idle state efficiency . 29
7.3 Measurement metrics and intervals .
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Okoljski inženiring (EE) - Meritve energetske učinkovitosti in merilne metode za
opremo za shranjevanje podatkov
Environmental Engineering (EE) - Energy efficiency metrics and measurement methods
for data storage equipment
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 303 804 V1.1.1 (2025-06)
ICS:
19.040 Preskušanje v zvezi z Environmental testing
okoljem
27.015 Energijska učinkovitost. Energy efficiency. Energy
Ohranjanje energije na conservation in general
splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Environmental Engineering (EE);
Energy efficiency metrics and measurement methods
for data storage equipment
2 ETSI EN 303 804 V1.1.1 (2025-06)

Reference
DEN/EE-EEPS44
Keywords
data storage, data storage equipment, energy
efficiency, environment, measurement, metrics,
storage
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - APE 7112B
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° w061004871

Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from the
ETSI Search & Browse Standards application.
The present document may be made available in electronic versions and/or in print. The content of any electronic and/or
print versions of the present document shall not be modified without the prior written authorization of ETSI. In case of any
existing or perceived difference in contents between such versions and/or in print, the prevailing version of an ETSI
deliverable is the one made publicly available in PDF format on ETSI deliver repository.
Users should be aware that the present document may be revised or have its status changed,
this information is available in the Milestones listing.
If you find errors in the present document, please send your comments to
the relevant service listed under Committee Support Staff.
If you find a security vulnerability in the present document, please report it through our
Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) program.
Notice of disclaimer & limitation of liability
The information provided in the present deliverable is directed solely to professionals who have the appropriate degree of
experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© ETSI 2025.
All rights reserved.
ETSI
3 ETSI EN 303 804 V1.1.1 (2025-06)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and conversions . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
3.4 Conversions . 13
4 Taxonomy . 13
4.1 Categories . 13
4.2 Classifications . 14
4.2.1 Attributes . 14
4.2.1.1 Access Paradigm . 14
4.2.1.2 Access Pattern . 14
4.2.1.3 Consumer/Component. 14
4.2.1.4 FBA/CKD Support . 14
4.2.1.5 MaxTTFD . 14
4.2.1.6 Media Type . 15
4.2.1.7 Multi-host Shareability . 15
4.2.1.8 No SPOF . 15
4.2.1.9 Non-Disruptive Serviceability. 15
4.2.1.10 Robotics . 15
4.2.1.11 Stable Storage Support . 15
4.2.1.12 Storage Controller . 15
4.2.1.13 Storage Protection . 15
4.2.1.14 System Capacity . 15
4.2.2 Classifications overview . 16
4.2.3 Online disk . 18
4.2.4 Near-online disk . 19
4.2.5 Removable Media Library . 19
4.2.6 Virtual Media Library . 20
4.2.7 Disk access NVSS . 20
4.2.8 Memory access NVSS . 21
5 Metrics . 21
5.1 Performance metric . 21
5.2 Power metric . 21
5.3 Energy efficiency metric . 21
5.3.1 Active state energy efficiency metric. 21
5.3.2 Idle state energy efficiency metric . 22
6 Test definition and execution rules . 22
6.1 Test setup. 22
6.1.1 Configuration . 22
6.1.2 Environment . 22
6.1.3 Power . 23
6.1.4 RAS . 23
6.1.5 Measurement equipment requirement . 23
6.1.6 EUT Consistency . 24
ETSI
4 ETSI EN 303 804 V1.1.1 (2025-06)
6.2 Equipment Under Test (EUT) Configuration . 24
6.3 Workload . 25
6.3.1 General . 25
6.3.2 Block Access IO Profiles . 25
6.3.3 File Access IO Profiles . 25
6.3.3.1 Overview of Workloads . 25
6.3.3.2 Software Building Workload . 26
6.3.3.3 Video Data Acquisition Workload . 26
6.3.3.4 Electronic Design Automation Workload . 26
6.3.3.5 AI Image Workload. 26
6.3.3.6 Genomics Workload. 26
6.3.4 Workload Generator . 26
6.4 Test procedures . 27
6.4.1 Block Access workload Test procedure .
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