Ramnish Singh - Virtualization: Fueling Green Data Centers

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• Digital Networks• Software Information Technology

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− Green is In− Green is top VC funding− 1.5% of US electricity in DC− Higher density computing

− Blades are being deployed

− Industry taking initiative

− Or gov’t agencies will

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PCs and laptops

30 – 300 Wh

Department server~400 Wh

Printer6%

NetworkDevices7%

Gartner: Conceptualizing 'Green' IT and Data Center Power and Cooling Issues, 9/2007

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Relative contributions to total thermal output of a typical datacenter

APC White Paper #25: Calculating Total Cooling Requirements for Data Centers by Neil RasmussenAPC White Paper #46: Cooling Strategies for Ultra-High Density Racks and Blade Servers by Neil Rasmussen

WinHEC 2007 PresentationWindows Server Power Management

http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/d/afdfd50d-6eb9-425e-84e1-b4085a80e34e/SVR-T327_WH07.pptx

White PapersProcessor Power Management in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/ProcPowerMgmt.mspx

How to Enable Processor Power Management in Windows Server 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/w2k3_ProcPower.mspx

Windows Vista Energy Conservationhttp://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/VistaEnergyConserv.mspx

The Green Grid organizationhttp://www.thegreengrid.org

Estimate your power savingshttp://pmdb.cadmusdev.com/powermanagement/quickCalc.html