These days everything is going green and data centers are no exception. Across the nation from Universities to large corporations Data Center Managers are seeing how going green can save them a lot of GR$$N. This win, win mentality is influencing the current infrastructure and future planning for data centers.
Organizations requiring a fully functional data center are now aware of data center consumption concerns and are moving towards a more efficient data center. Recently, Bryant University (Gedan, Benjamin N. “Inside Bryant University's Green Data Center” NewFactor.com July 19, 2007 <http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=120007TX121C&page=2>) underwent an IT restructuring process in regards to their data center. Their data center revamp is expected to save the University $20,000 a year, in addition to a decrease in energy consumption of 35%. Google has also launched a carbon neutral business model which includes addressing data center efficiency (Botelho, Bridget. “Google plans to go carbon neutral by 2008” Search Data Center.com Jul 18, 2007 http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid80_gci1264703,00.html ).
The Uptime Institute founder Kenneth G. Brill, recently wrote a white paper that “Examines Data Center Inefficiencies and their Potential to Create an Economic Slowdown” entitled The Economic Meltdown of Moore’s Law.
The public consensus is that data center efficiencies are hard, not only on the environment, but also on the companies’ bottom line.
There are a variety of recommendations for Data Center Managers to reduce their energy consumption, thus decreasing costs and promoting environmental standards. In a recently posted article exploring, “How to Create a Green Data Center” there are multiple steps with a wide range of cost implementation to create more efficient data centers.
How do Server Technologies power management products fit in with the DataCenter drive to go Green? Our line of switched products are linked to a power management system that can monitor and control cabinet power allowing the manager to remotely oversee power distribution and address power monitoring concerns. As noted by Mark Fontecchio, (“Data Center Decisions attendees point to power and cooling woes” SearchDataCenter.com. 26 Oct 2006 <http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com>) “If you can't quantify the amount of power your hardware is sucking up, it's difficult to know what to do about it.”
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