|
Four Metrics Define Data
Center “Greenness”
 Corporations
and business leaders are feeling economic pressures as
the cost of energy rises. This not only impacts their
data center operation costs, but also their plans for
supporting new pieces of IT equipment. They, along with
public policy makers, also realize that energy
consumption as a whole is a critical issue. This,
combined with the move towards reduced carbon emissions
has all involved looking for ways to move towards
defining the metrics of a "green data center."
This white paper, written by Uptime Institute, provides
decision makers with a senior-level view of four key
metrics that can be used for planning, setting
objectives and creating a green data center strategy.
Green data center strategies can meet IT availability
and performance requirements while impacting the "bottom
line" through the reduction of power/energy needs and a
more effective use of existing IT equipment. The result
is a more profitable data center that achieves or
exceeds many if not all corporate environmental
sustainability objectives.
This White Paper Presents:
-
What is a Green Data
Center?
-
Four Metrics to Determine
Data Center Greenness:
-
IT systems design and
architecture
-
IT hardware asset
utilization
-
IT hardware efficiency
-
Site physical
infrastructure overhead
-
Data Center and Power
Efficiency
-
Power vs. Energy
-
Free Cooling
-
Answers to Common
Questions
-
Team Effort – how a
collective practice for information sharing and
distributing tasks into manageable pieces can
improve implementation results
-
Moving Forward –
encouraging collaboration, vendor innovations,
enhanced IT productivity, and the advancement of
energy and environmental goals
Please complete the form
below to download the complete white paper.
|
