Three Best Practices for Optimizing your IT

Infrastructure
May 14, 2008

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Agenda
Growing Energy Demands on Data Centers
Best Practices for Optimization
#1: Benchmark your data center environment
#2: Refine your cooling approach
#3: Design your power infrastructure for
maximum efficiency

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IT and Data Center The Problem and

the Solution
Today, it takes less than half the energy to produce a dollar of
economic output as it did in 1970Information & communication
technologies have played a critical role in reducing energy
wastefrom sensors & microprocessors, to smart grids &
virtualization
Information and Communication Technologies: The Power of
Productivity, ACEEE Report #E081, Feb. 2008

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State of the US Industry EPA Report to

Congress
Trends in Data Center Energy Use:
Data center sector consumed about 61 billion KWh in 2006
Equates to ~1.5% total U.S. electricity consumption and ~$4.5 billion
Projected to increase to 100 billion kWh in 2011
Equates to ~2.5% of total U.S. electricity consumption and ~$7.4 billion

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The Power Impact of High-Density Data

Centers

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Where Does Energy Go?

45% Environmental
30% IT Equipment
23% Power
Infrastructure
2% Lighting / other

Source: The Green Grid

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The Cascading Effect of Energy

Consumption and Savings

Source: Energy Logic

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#1: Benchmark your data center environment

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How much energy ARE you using?

Revised: DCiE

Source: The Green Grid

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Where Are You Measuring the Energy

Usage in Your Data Center?
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Source: The Green Grid

Utility Meter
Facility Meters
IT Meters

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Detailed Load Analysis

How do I measure?
Smart PDUs
Integrating into your PDU panel
Using Actual UPS load

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Cooling Airflow Management

Three categories of air movement challenges

Below floor obstruction
Raised floor performance
Above floor circulation

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Assessing Your Current Environment

Should Result In
Holistic understanding of your
data centers environment
Increased Awareness of your
critical risk factors
A benchmark of performance
metrics
A punch list of opportunities for
improvement

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Getting Started
Calculate PUE and DCiE
Perform a complete inventory of your equipment
Include the cost of power when evaluating new
equipment
Address the easy fixes
Track and share metrics

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#2: Optimize your cooling approach

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The Effects of Creating High-Density Data Centers

* Source IDC 2008

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Basic Cooling Design

Airflow Basics
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What Are the Options?

Air Cooled

Rear Door
Active Air
Supplemental
In Row Solutions
Close Coupled
Cooling
Chip + Enclosure Cooling

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40 kW

Differentiating Close Coupled Cooling

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Server Cabinet

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HEX

High-Performance Solution

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Differentiating Close Coupled Cooling

fan

HEX

alternative 2

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Cooling: Redundancy Considerations

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TCO: Real Estate Cost Analysis

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Cooling: Total Cost of Ownership

Real Estate savings
Having the ability to cool dense loads allows for
server consolidation into a single rack, or adoption of
denser server technologies such as blades

Running cost savings

Close coupled cooling allows for multiple savings in
regards to energy

Lower fan energy costs

Lower lighting cost for smaller, more dense data center
Lower chilled water plant costs
Evaporative and dry free coolers
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#3: Design power infrastructure for

maximum efficiency

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Data Center Power Flow

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High Efficency UPS

Modular Approach
Hybrid Design
Flywheel Technology

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High Voltage PDUs

Increased Efficiency
Supports high density
Outlet level control

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Next Steps
Benchmark
Optimize
Know your limits

Let us help you get the process started!

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Q&A

To Receive a Copy of Todays

Presentation:
rebecca.mccue@42u.com

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