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I should have been more specific. I work for a large corporate but am low down the food chain. We run a massive data centre that houses in the region of 10,000
by sw007 14y ago
I should have been more specific. I work for a large corporate but am low down the food chain. We run a massive data centre that houses in the region of 10,000 servers. I can't go into specifics around the data centre as I'm not sure if I'm allowed! But I am specifically after good, simple green tips.
For example my company used to have screensavers on all their machines (and desktops) - I suggested we remove these and that the monitors turn straight to standby after a period of un use instead. This resulted in huge savings. This got me thinking that there must be more simple, effective green ideas for IT companies - especially in the data centre space.
- caw 14y agoWith 10,000 servers I think one of the things you could do is refresh old hardware. New hardware is vastly more efficient than older hardware. If there's some place where you can accelerate the refresh, you could find yourself condensing servers. Otherwise, you can factor in future growth with the same number as servers you have now, which is definitely a savings. Consider virtualizing smaller pieces of hardware if you haven't already. Ensure your room has proper airflow. Sometimes air gets stagnant in the corners of the hot or cold rows, resulting in less efficient cooling. Small fans can get the air moving again. You may also need to put fans under your raised floor, or to exhaust waste heat. Taking the back doors off the racks will drop the server temps (particularly in blade racks). That in turn suggests you could run less A/C and bump the temp up to where they were at.