The green data center
More
than social responsibility: a foundation for growth, economic gain and
operating stability
Global warming and the increase of toxic waste
generated by electronic devices are some of the issues that are being currently
addressed through the use of the so-called “green technologies”.
Although the solution to these important problems does not depend on a single
individual,
industry, government, or nation, there are contributions that can be made at
each of
the levels
indicated to reduce global warming and toxic waste. In this
respect green data centers can be both environmentally and financially efficient
by reducing
energy consumption.
DEFINITION
A green data center is an enterprise class
computing facility that is entirely built, managed and operated on green
computing principles. It provides the same features and capabilities of a
typical data center but uses less energy and space, and its design and
operation are environmentally friendly.
Average
Data Center Power Allocation
GREEN
DC CRITERIA
•High
Energy Efficiency
•Air
Management and Effectively Utilizing Cold Air
•Data
Center Infrastructure Management.
Energy
Efficiency Opportunities
Energy
Efficiency
•Purchasing
High Energy Efficient Server, UPS’s and PDU.
•We
can reduce carbon footprint
by taking advantage of options for more Eco-friendly sources of power.
•Companies
can
save energy and gain cooling capacity by relaxing stringent relative humidity
and temperature requirements
and Monitoring of same will help us to reduce/identify the hot-spot in DC.
Cold
Air Utilization Effectiveness
•Leveraging
low-cost supplemental cooling options—such as water or refrigerant
heat ex-changers.
• Improving
rack cooling efficiency by employing a rear door heat ex-changer or an enclosed
racking system to dissipate heat from high-density computer systems before it
enters the room.
•Clearing
under-floor
blockages and implementing effective Bus Bar System.
Data Center Infrastructure Management
1. DCIM
tools
as one of the best
technologies
that can help companies make their infrastructure energy-efficient and green.
2. Until
2009, DCIM had virtually no market penetration, but today it is one of the most
significant areas of green computing.
3. DCIM
brings together standalone functions such as data centre design,
asset discovery, systems management functions, capacity planning and energy
management to provide a holistic view of the data centre, ranging from the rack or cabinet level
to the cooling infrastructure and energy utilization.
4. It
helps
encourage the efficient use of energy, optimize equipment layouts, support virtualization
and
consolidation, and improve data centre availability.
DCIM tools can help data
centre managers
improve capacity planning, which can reduce hardware volumes and the associated
cooling costs.
CONCLUSION
Applying innovative technologies within the data
center can yield more computing
power
per kilowatt. With technology evolution and innovation outpacing the life
expectancy of data center equipment.
