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Making IT sustainable. A prerequisite for Cloud Computing? Angus MacDonald Chief Technologist Sun Microsystems, Australasia 1 Sun's Vision: Sun's Vision: 1 billion+ people on the Net today The The 390 gigabytes of data created
Chief Technologist Sun Microsystems, Australasia
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1995 2000 2005 2010
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Sun's Vision: Sun's Vision:
Internet Users
globally in 2008
1.5 Billion
Everyone and everything participates on the network
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1995 2000 2005 2010
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Sun's Vision: Sun's Vision:
Internet Users Doesn't this sound a lot like “Cloud Computing”?
1.5 Billion
Everyone and everything participates on the network
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Eco-Friendly Products and Services INNOVATE ACT SHARE Environmentally Conscious Operations Applying Transparency and Open Source to Environmental Challenges
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Systems and Storage Processor and Desktop
VIRTUALIZATION
Datacenter
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> 56% of our people are “flex” workers
> Home workers use less power!
> Reducing economic and ecological costs of
commuting
> Lowered annual CO2 emissions by est. 30,000
tons
> Desktop runs on shared server resulting in
carbon savings and lower maintenance costs
> Saves Sun over $24M/year
> Innovative modular design > Consolidation and virtualization > Technology upgrades
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> Shed 1.8M ft2 of real estate > Compress 202k ft2 of datacenter space into < 80k ft2 of new space > Project included every major business unit in Sun. > 12 month project duration (complete by 06/30/2007).
> Facilities funded IT upgrades
> Required consolidation for capital expense payment > Facilities received rebates/awards and ongoing savings
> Modular, Scalable Infrastructure
> Build in pieces, load near capacity, add as needed > Provision redundancy in line with SLA requirements
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Vendor Independent, Slab or Raised Floor, Flexible, Scalable, High Density Vendor Independent, Slab or Raised Floor, Flexible, Scalable, High Density Another approach : Blackbox : The MD20
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ROI Sweet Spot = >4 to 1 replacement ratio
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ASHRAE standards
(typically 8-10% of machines)
available (PowerNow, SpeedStep)
programs to help pay.
drives with >500GB)
20x-200x more TB/KW)
See Benefits in Just a Few Weeks!
Visit www.sun.com/ecoinnovation
Changes you can make to save energy, money, and the planet in 30 days:
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