1. A method comprising: receiving an indication of a command to reduce power consumption of a computing system by a predetermined amount; in response to the indication, determining a number of memory components of the computer system to be powered down to achieve the predetermined amount of power consumption reduction; selecting at least one of the memory components of the computer system for reduced power consumption based on the determination; and evacuating said selected at least one memory component to reduce the power consumption of the computing system by at least said predetermined amount.