This document discusses how organizations can start saving money on energy costs associated with data centers. It notes that the average enterprise pays $21-27 million per year for data center electricity, which is often covered in the CIO's budget. The document recommends that organizations use Symantec's software-based approach to lower data center energy costs by over 20% before investing in new hardware. Specific strategies discussed include managing physical and virtual environments more efficiently, stopping unnecessary storage purchases, optimizing high availability and disaster recovery systems, and controlling endpoint power usage. The document provides examples of cost and energy savings achieved by Symantec customers through these various green IT initiatives.
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Green IT: Start Saving Money
1. Green IT: Start Saving Money
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2. Methodology
• Applied Research performed survey
• March 2009
• 1,052 worldwide responses
– 389 responses in United States
– Enterprise IT
– VP/SVP, Director & CIO/CTO
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3. IT at heart of enterprise green efforts
• 83% of IT depts. responsible or cross-charged for electricity
• 89% feel IT should play very/extremely significant green role
• 94% have a green advocate, most of them have an IT focus
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13. Qualcomm:
Benefits of Storage Mgt.
• 28% of the storage requested was avoided by asking for further
justification or suggesting a lower amount of storage which equates
to 138 TB ($1.4M) avoided due to implementation of this process
• 129TB ($1.3M) was repurposed back into the environment for period
Aug ’08 to Mar ’09
• New storage request process requires customers to provide solid
justification for the amount of storage requested, a review of current usage
in the environment, and monthly usage and request tracking by customer /
business unit / application
14. Renault F1 Team approach to Green
• Data Centre – newly commissioned in 2007:
– using APC InfrastruXure architecture – which
was 25% more energy efficient than our old
“forced air” rooms
• Hardware:
– Energy-related benchmarks now form part of
our purchasing decision
– Recycling competency is now a factor in
purchasing decisions (packaging and equipment)
• Software:
– Symantec Cluster (VCS) allows us to remove
underutilised equipment by consolidating
servers
– De-duplication of storage
• Innovation:
– Video conferencing between French and English
factories
– Simulation vs. track testing
– Behaviour – users need to switch off when not
using!
15. Summary: FY09 Symantec IT
Energy Savings
• Storage Consolidation ($112K / year Energy)
– Reduced drive spindles from 1168 to 360 (70% reduction in space &
power)
– 26 storage arrays will be decommissioned in FY09 (52 cabinets)
• Data Centre Consolidation ($855K / year Energy)
– n+1 Cluster & Virtualization
– Reduced device count from 1635 to 352 (67% energy consumption
reduction)
• Endpoint Power Management ($801K / year Energy)
– Central policy for all laptop & desktops
• Backup and Recovery Implementation ($263K / yr Hrdwr)
– Reduced library maintenance cost from $66k to $8k / year plus
electricity savings
– Reduced management cost from 40 hrs / week to 20 minutes / day
21. Best Practices to Enable
Sustainability
Environment Friendly
Reduce the IT Footprint
Equipment Disposal
Embed Environmental
Engage
Functionality
Employees
Enable Sustainability through Software
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22. Symantec and Sustainability
• Symantec has committed to a 15% reduction in CO2
emissions by 2012, and a Green IT is a primary component
of our strategy.
• Symantec strives to set the right example to its customers
and the larger community by being more environmentally
responsible in our own IT operations.
• Through green initiatives, Symantec
becomes more efficient in its use of
energy, materials, and personnel to run
its computer systems.
• Software solutions are an important way
we enable energy efficiency.
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23. In Closing
• Organizations are enabling sustainability through ―green IT‖
efforts and the implementation of technology solutions that
allow them to save energy and reduce our carbon footprint.
– This also usually leads to cost savings.
• Companies, like Symantec, are
committed to setting a good example
in being environmentally responsible.
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26. Our Commitment to Sustainability
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Conservation
• Server Efficiency • Energy
• Storage Efficiency • Recycling
• Data De-duplication • Paper
• Desktop Power Mgnt • LEED adherence facilities
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Software Delivery Transportation
• Responsible Packaging • Employee Commute
• ISO 14001 • Business Travel
• Electronic Delivery-70%
Green Storage Initiative
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