Greening the Data Center
Opportunities for Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency
Published on 2. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
60 pages
978-1-84928-008-2 (ISBN)
Description
IT organizations are under intense pressure to manage the power consumed by data centers and the resulting cooling demands. To address these needs, IT needs to properly blend people, process and technology to create solutions. This book will provide an overview of processes for planning but will mainly focus on technical improvement opportunities at a high-level. The chapters are intended to give management data center power consumption areas to investigate. Rather than a linear cookbook approach, the chapters are organized in such a manner that the reader can skip to the topic of interest. Help you produce a technical roadmap that supports the objectives of Green IT Indeed, most data centers will not suffer from a lack of opportunities to improve. What is needed is careful planning and deliberate execution to manage power and cooling while continuing to create and protect value for the organization This pocket guide is written by George Spafford who is a Principal Consultant with Pepperweed Consulting, LLC, and an experienced practitioner in business and IT operations.
He is a prolific author and speaker, and has consulted and conducted training on regulatory compliance, IT Governance, and process improvement in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and China. Publications include co-authorship of The Visible Ops Handbook" and Visible Ops Security .
He is a prolific author and speaker, and has consulted and conducted training on regulatory compliance, IT Governance, and process improvement in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and China. Publications include co-authorship of The Visible Ops Handbook" and Visible Ops Security .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ely
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 95 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
56 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84928-008-2 (9781849280082)
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04/2009
IT Governance Publishing
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George Spafford is a Principal Consultant with Pepperweed Consulting, LLC, and an experienced practitioner in business and IT operations. He is a prolific author and speaker, and has consulted and conducted training on regulatory compliance, IT Governance, and process improvement in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and China. Publications include co-authorship of The Visible Ops Handbook" and Visible Ops SecurityA". George holds an MBA from Notre Dame, a BA in Materials and Logistics Management from Michigan State University and an honorary degree from Konan Daigaku in Japan. He is an ITIL(R) Service Manager, TOCICO Jonah and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). George is a current member of the IIA, ISACA, ITPI, ITSMF, and the TOCICO.
Content
Introduction 1 Chapter 1: What is "Energy Efficiency"? 4 Energy vs. Power 4 Ratio of Inputs to Outputs 4 Energy Consumption and Productivity 5 Chapter 2: Processes and planning 6 Develop Situational Awareness 6 Implement a Green IT Process 6 IT Asset Management (ITAM) 8 Capacity Management 8 Project Management 8 Identify Available Assistance 9 Employee Involvement 9 Involve the Right Stakeholders 10 Chapter 3: Applications and Data 11 Reduce Application Variation 11 Utilize Cloud Computing 12 Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) 13 Application Design 13 Data Management 13 CHAPTER 4: Broad Themes 15 Maximize Utilization 15 Newer Tends to be More Efficient 15 Modular Approach 15 Utilize Zones 16 Looser Environmental Demands 17 Chapter 5: IT Hardware 18 Identify and Decommission Ghosts 18 Server Consolidation and Virtualization 19 Blade Computers 20 Power Management 21 Compression 22 Power Supplies 22 Other Server Components 23 Re-assess Fault Tolerance 24 Reduce Hardware Variation 24 "Turn it off!" Campaign 25 Chapter 6: Facilities - Electrical 26 Scalable Modular Power 26 Power Backup Systems 26 Power Zones 27 Power Distribution 28 Distributed Generation 29 Chapter 7: Facilities - Cooling 31 The Arrhenius Equation and Data Center Cooling 31 Input Temperature: ASHRAE Standards, Vendors & Reality 32 Zones 33 Hot aisle / cold aisle 33 Correcting Air flow 34 Leverage experts 36 Water cooling 37 Insulation 37 Economizers 38 Chapter 8: Selecting a Data Center Location 40 Chapter 9: Monitoring AND Reporting 43 Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) 43 Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE) 44 Monthly Data Center Energy Costs 44 Monthly Energy Costs per IT Service 44 Baseline Now! 44 Chapter 10: conclusion 46 Appendix 1: Additional Resources 48 ITG Resources 49