When considering timing for optimizing energy use, seize the opportunity during your data center consolidations. Although this is a complex and daunting task, including several key requirements can result in huge improvements in the use of energy.
Insure energy efficient practices for your power infrastructure. Your power chain starts with utility, switch gear, UPS and related auxiliary equipment, backed up by batteries and generators, all consumers of energy. Consider all of these components, and size each to insure all are optimized for capacity and operation. Calculate your capacity to match the resulting expected loading, taking into consideration your estimated improvement in energy efficiency improvement efforts.
While you align your power infrastrucutre, seek out experts that understand the dynamics of both optimizing and sizing for maximum effieciency. Staco Energy Products offers specialists in providing tailored power solutions that deliver maximum efficiency and cost effiective results.
When taking your inventory of servers, and other IT equipment, make sure you measure the loading for each, as well as age and operating characteristics. Align your plans with efficiency and loading.
Remove legacy gear and replace them where possible. Change in IT equipment happen so frequently, it has become difficult to track what IT equipment is actually being used. The benefit of identifying and removing these servers and other IT equipment is energy savings 2 times the IT load you are removing (2X because you also gain savings from reduced cooling load).
Decommission where possible, while virtualizing others. During this phase, consider age. Legacy “Energy Hog” IT equipment should be replaced, where possible, with Energy Star rated gear. Not all applications are targets for virtualization. Be certain to take advantage of those that are.
The potential resulting savings may shock you! Larry M. Beck, Data Center Facilities Manager, Pope Technology Center, Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Alabama is leading a consolidation of operations to a new data center in Birmingham. This is a real world example of both energy efficient practices, and ROI, where many, if not all of the above were implemented. ‘We were expecting about a 400 KW load upon completing migration into our new data center. We are currently about 85 to 90 percent complete with the migration and our load is only about 160 KW. We do not expect loads to exceed 200 KW when migration is complete. I feel that most of this is due to virtualization and the use of energy efficient computer equipment.”
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