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 every second • 50% new data growth Network Network • 200M new cell phones is the is the 1.5 Billion globally in 2008 Computer Computer Internet Users TIME 1995 2000 2005 2010 Everyone and everything participates on the network 2
Sun's Vision: Sun's Vision: Doesn't this sound a lot like “Cloud Computing”? The The Network Network is the is the 1.5 Billion Computer Computer Internet Users TIME 1995 2000 2005 2010 Everyone and everything participates on the network 3
Is “The Cloud” Sustainable? Three reasons to say “No” today ✗ Energy and natural resources to make the products ✗ Electricity to run them ✗ Energy and waste when we recycle and dispose of them 4
Efficiency Strategies 5
Sun's approach is unique... INNOVATE ACT SHARE Applying Eco-Friendly Environmentally Transparency and Products and Conscious Open Source to Services Operations Environmental Challenges 6
Innovate: Driving Eco at Every Level Processor and Systems and Storage Datacenter Desktop VIRTUALIZATION 7
Act: Sustainability at Work at Sun • Open work > 56% of our people are “flex” workers > Home workers use less power! > Reducing economic and ecological costs of commuting > Lowered annual CO 2 emissions by est. 30,000 tons • Sun Ray Thin Clients > Desktop runs on shared server resulting in carbon savings and lower maintenance costs > Saves Sun over $24M/year • Efficient datacenters > Innovative modular design > Consolidation and virtualization > Technology upgrades 8
Act: Sustainability by consolidation • Spotlight: Newark, CA to Santa Clara, CA - 2007 > Shed 1.8M ft 2 of real estate > Compress 202k ft 2 of datacenter space into < 80k ft 2 of new space > Project included every major business unit in Sun. > 12 month project duration (complete by 06/30/2007). • Approach > 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 9
Act: POD architecture for Data Centre 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 10
Act : Hardware Replacement ● 88% space compression ● 61% utility reduction ● $9M cost avoidance ● 2.2MW to 500Kw ● 450% compute increase ● 550 racks to 65 ● 3,227 tons CO2 reduced ● Minimal downtime ● Completed in 3 months ● 2:1 Server, 3:1 Storage ● 2,915 devices replaced Reality: ROI Sweet Spot = >4 to 1 replacement ratio 11
Share: Datacenter Design Blueprint 12
Share : it doesn't have to be hard... Changes you can make to save energy, money, and the planet in 30 days: See Benefits in • Adjust the thermostat set point to 25 o C per Just a Few Weeks! ASHRAE standards • Identify and turn off unused machines (typically 8-10% of machines) • Enable power management features where available (PowerNow, SpeedStep) • Refresh old servers; use trade-in and rebate programs to help pay. • Refresh disk technology (replace <70GB drives with >500GB) • Move old data to tape (tape provides Visit 20x-200x more TB/KW) www.sun.com/ecoinnovation 13
Sun's Eco Innovation Eco-assessments, Calculators, Reference Guides Blueprints and eco-friendly products Good for Your Business Good for Our Planet Angus MacDonald angus.macdonald @sun.com 14
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