greening of it jim sweeney enterprise solutions consultant
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Greening of IT
Jim SweeneyEnterprise Solutions Consultant
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What is Green IT?
How much energy you consume?
Products You Buy?
The design of your facility?
How you dispose of your hardware?
Source: Gartner
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Why Go Green?
The cost of operating a server will exceed the cost of buying it between 2010-2015 -IDC
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EPA Report
• Released: June 2007• Studied data center energy
consumption in the U.S.• Consumed 61 billion KwH in
2006• 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity
consumption• Costing $4.5B
• More than double the electricity used in 2000
• 10% of those data centers are government related
5.8 Million Homes
5% of US housing stock
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DATA CENTER
What Percentage of Energy Actually Does Productive Work?
100% 30% 16%
Energy Source Generation & Distribution
CoolingPower
Supplies, UPS
ServersSiliconMission
Critical Apps
1%.003%
6%
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Virtualize Servers
More Efficient Power
Equipment
More Efficient
Floor Layout
Economizer Modes of AC
More Efficient AC Architecture
Opportunity
Consolidate, Increase Utilization, Cut Costs
American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) white paper, Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers, #114, by Neil Rasmussen, 2006.
15% 15% 12% 10% 40%
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Virtualization
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Server Consolidation
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
VMware Developed VirtualCenter to Simplify Enterprise Server Consolidation
Disparate Source Servers
UniformVirtual Machines
Different CPUs, levels of utilization, RAM, storage needs, NIC, etc
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ESX Server Hot Migration with VMotion® Technology
VMotion Technology moves running virtual machines from one host to another while maintaining continuous service availability
• - Enables Continuous Workload Consolidation• - Enables Zero-Downtime Maintenance
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
ESX Server 1(HP)
ESX Server 2 (IBM)
ESX Server 3 (Dell)
Apache
SAP
Exch Server
Citrix
DNS/DHCP
Oracle
SQL Server
Dynamically manage workloads across a heterogeneous environment in response to an unexpected increase in SAP utilization
VMotion Enables High Utilization Across the DataCenter via Continuous Workload Consolidation
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
ESX Server 1(HP)
ESX Server 2 (IBM)
ESX Server 3 (Dell)
Apache
SAP
Exch Server
Citrix
DNS/DHCP
Oracle
SQL Server
Dynamically manage workloads across a heterogeneous environment in response to an increase in SAP utilization
VMotion Enables High Utilization Across the DataCenter via Continuous Workload Consolidation
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
SQL Server
WM Server Win2K AS
DNS / DHCP
ESX Server 1 ESX Server 2
CALL FOR UPGRADE
ESX Server 3
Upgrade and service production hardware through VM migration with zero downtime and 100% customer transparency
Zero-Downtime Maintenance
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
WM Server
DNS / DHCP SQL Server
Win2K ASWM Server
SQL Server
ESX Server 1 ESX Server 2
VMs MOVED TO ALTERNATE HOSTS
ESX Server 3
Upgrade and service production hardware through VM migration with zero downtime and 100% customer transparency
Zero-Downtime Maintenance
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
VMs ALWAYS POWERED ON
Zero-Downtime Maintenance
Win2K AS
SQL ServerDNS / DHCP
WM Server
ESX Server 1 ESX Server 2
HOST POWERED OFF FOR SERVICE
ESX Server 3
Upgrade and service production hardware through VM migration with zero downtime and 100% customer transparency
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
UPGRADE FINISHED POWERED ON AGAIN
Zero-Downtime Maintenance
SQL Server
Win2K ASWM Server
DNS / DHCP
WM Server
SQL Server
ESX Server 1 ESX Server 2 ESX Server 3
Upgrade and service production hardware through VM migration with zero downtime and 100% customer transparency
Copyright © 2005 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
ESX Server 1 ESX Server 2 ESX Server 3
Zero-Downtime Maintenance
DNS / DHCP SQL Server
WM Server Win2K AS
Upgrade and service production hardware through VM migration with ZERO DOWNTIME and 100% CUSTOMER TRANSPARENCY
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Powering Down Unnecessary Equipment
Distributed Resource Scheduler
9:00 A.M.8:00 P.M.6:00 P.M.
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Powering Down Unnecessary Equipment
6:00 A.M.8:00 A.M.
Vmware HA
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VMware Update Manager
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SpaceCostWattsServers
Savings from Virtualization
22
150 49,700 $66,658 10
6 5,010 $6,719 1
90%
Try it yourself at www.gtsi.com/greencalculator
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Don’t forget about the desktop!
PCs & Monitors
(40%)
PrintersLAN & Office
Telecoms
Mobile Telecoms
Fixed-Line Telecoms
Servers(including cooling)
Source: Gartner
CO2 Contributions by IT Devices
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Power Management Policies
• Built into OS• 2% standby policies (federal)
Lifecycle Management
• EPEAT• Recycle!
Thin Client / Desktop Virtualization
• 6 – 25 watts• Three 800 watt servers = 1000 pc’s
• 3 watts per pc
Savings Opportunities At The Desktop
200 watts ($103.45)1-2 watts hibernation
90 watts ($45.55)Less than 1 watt in hibernation
1 2 3
Save 75% -90%
annually
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“It isn’t easy being green”
To quote historical figures…
“Sure it is”
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Tools that can help
• Greening the Data Center with Virtualization• www.gtsi.com/greencalculator
• Reducing Data Centers’ Power and Energy Consumption: Saving Money and “Going Green”• http://www.gtsi.com/cms/events/tls/2008/greenit/default.aspx?ShopperID=e1
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• Desktop / Laptop Savings Calculator• http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_management
• GTSI Virtualization Zone• http://www.gtsi.com
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Go back today and….
Virtualize ServersTurnoff unneeded equipmentImplement desktop power
management policiesBuy EPEAT certified or Energy
Star certified laptops, desktops, monitors
Determine your current stateThank You!