[LINK] Greening ICT

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Amazing what the ICT industry can do when it tries ..

http://emergingtechnologies.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=etr&rid=14248

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'Sun Microsystems made a company-wide review of its Bay Area, California, 
data centres in 2006, during a drive to increase efficiency. The company 
states that:

By consolidating data centre operations and refreshing the hardware 
infrastructure with high-performance, energy-efficient systems, Sun was 
able to reclaim 88 percent of its valuable datacenter floor space and 
reduce power consumption by 61 percent - all while improving server 
performance by 456% and storage capacity by 244 per cent, with less than 
half the original hardware..'

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And even better .. companies buying or leasing a 'mega-IT-box' :)

'Microsoft has developed a modular approach with up to 2,500 servers 
deployed in racks inside standard 40-foot shipping containers. The small 
volume and physical containment create a readily controlled environment. 

These containerised units can be easily deployed direct from manufacture, 
reducing shipping costs and packaging. Further, they permit flexibility 
in deployment and scaling of computing resources. Other companies - such 
as HP, IBM, and Sun - have also developed data centre solutions based in 
shipping containers.'

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Cheers,
Stephen

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