The Road to Data Center Energy Efficiency

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The Road ToData Center Efficiency

Energy Center connects equipment utilization and business value to power consumption
Time-to-value in hours, not months
Deploys in minutes, not weeks
No additional hardware required
No server agents required
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The Leader in EnergyResource Management

Energy Resource Management (ERM)
Eliminate Non-Productive IT Assets
Improve
Data Center
Efficiency
Optimize
Operating
Efficiency
Baseline
Environment
Non-Productive IT Assets
Retire Ghosts
Leverage Underutilized servers
IT Asset Inventory
Dynamically
Measure Utilization
Know Top Power
Consumers
Find Stranded Capacity
Optimal Placement
Tech Refresh
Automated Measurement & Monitoring
Predictive Analysis
Make IT a Competitive Advantage
Source: Forrester “Five Data Center Efficiency Moves To Make Today”

BaselineEnvironment

IT Asset Inventory
Quit managing thedata center withspreadsheets
Auto-discover ITassets down to thesubcomponent level
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Dynamically Measure Utilization
Trend powerusage and utilization over time
Eliminate snapshots that gather point in time data
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EnergyCenter: Power Utilization Profile

Know Top Power Consumers
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Identify equipment in the data center using the most power
Map power consumption to utilization
EnergyCenter: Top Power Consumers

EliminateNonproductive Assets

Retire Ghosts From Data Center
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Remove servers thatare not contributingto the business
Identify thecandidates fordecommissioning or virtual consolidation

Consolidate Nonproducers
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Consolidateapplications andstacks of gear
Enable additionalapplicationdeployment in existing data center
EnergyCenter: Underutilized Server Identification

Leverage Underutilized Servers
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Remove, consolidate or virtualize applications
Achieve peakperformance withthe equipment in theexisting data center

Improve Data CenterEfficiency

Find Stranded Capacity
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Add years to the life of existing data center
Facilities is heating and cooling for
1,000 kW
Available Capacity
Could add 1000 Additional Servers
kW
Max Draw
480 kW
Min Draw
250 kW
Utilization

Optimal Placement of Equipment
$17,450*
$12,750*
Savings of
$1.8k - $7.7k
Per Rack / Per year
AVERAGE PUE
AVERAGE PUE
EnergyCenter
VIIRIDITY
5.7kW
5.7kW
Source: Georgia Tech Study
*Note: Total annual power cost per rack

Tech Refresh
Upgrade power consuming equipment to new, energy efficient models
Investment made is returned through the reduction of power and cooling expenses
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“We estimate, in fact, that the conversion to the energy-efficient Intel Core micro-architecture saved up to 26 terawatt-hours of electricity between 2006 and 2009, compared to the technology it replaced.”
-- Intel Annual Report, 2009

Achieve Optimal OperatingEfficiency

Automated Measurement & Reports
Information isgathered dynamicallyand reports aregenerated for analysisof:
Server utilization
Top power consumers
Underutilized servers
Power distributionunits
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Predictive Analysis
Identify trends overtime using historicalcharts
Actionableinformation helps todrive down costs,manage risk, andextend the life ofexisting facilities
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Make IT a Competitive Advantage
Demonstrate how ITsaves money, energyand resources andhow that goes straightto the bottom line
Lead corporatesustainability efforts
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The Road to Data Center Energy Efficiency

by Viridity Software on Jun 10, 2010

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