Green IT: The new colour in Information Technology

Green IT: The new colour in

Information Technology

By:

PANKAJ PARASAR

B.TECH(IT-6th)

ROLL No:-81406113130

Introduction

• Refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT.

• Study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems—efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment.

• Application of the environmental Science to conserve the natural Environment and resources, and to curb the negative impacts of human involvement.

Profiling Energy Usage For Efficient Consumption

• What is Energy Usage Profile (EUP)?• A simple Experiment

– A Simple Fluorescent bulb (60W)– 1 Hour consumption: 0.06 kWh– Cost

• Rs.35 per kWh• Rs.21 per hour

for a year– CO2 expulsion

• 23 lbs for 1 kWh• 1208 lbs for a year

EUP for Hardware

• Server consumption- 383.75W in Idle- 454.39W in Stress

• $301.51per year• 7731.8 lbs of CO2

EUP for Applications

• A three server application• 354W consumption in idle• Rs.9000 annual cost

• Example – Simple write operation

EUP for Operating Systems

• Virtualization helps to reclaim about 20% of the peak energy consumption.• Disable unneeded services – Screen savers• Minimize disk activity – Fixed virtual disk size

Approaches to GREEN IT TECHNOLOGY:

•Algorithmic Efficiency

•Power Management

•Video Card

•Display

•Materials Recycling

•Telecommuting

Green TechnologiesPower saving by link status

Wi-Fi Scheduler

Green Web SurfingGreener Google Browsing: Blackle.com

Being Green with Yahoo!

Greener FireFox Surfing

Other Green Surfing Efforts

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To summarize• Green IT is a novel and an innovative trend in the world of computing which has minimum or no impact on the environment.

• Green IT has introduced a range of equipments and technologies which help in limiting the impact on the environment.

• Use of EUPs help in different aspects of the computing world help in recognizing the areas for improvement.

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