How to Make Your Data Center Green
previous: part 1 – Introduction and Why Go Green
Achieving a greener data center is hardly a task you can do overnight but each step in the right direction counts. Â Some of the steps towards a greener data center require investment (i.e. the purchase of new, energy efficient equipment, or virtualization licenses) and generally these steps require planning in advance and a substantial timeframe to implement them but most of the other steps are relatively easy to do and require no to little investment.
However, the most important is that going green starts with the commitment to it. If you and your employees are not conscious that green is better, no high-end equipment and no force on earth will make your data center greener. Going greener should be the result of a conscious effort, not the result of a forced decision or imitation (everybody else does it, so I must do it as well).
Some of the steps in the greener direction are one-time steps (i.e. purchasing of new energy-efficient equipment), while others are ongoing tasks (i.e. power management). In some cases it makes sense to modify internal data center rules and regulations and to include provisions for green operations. For instance, it makes sense to have formal rules as to why should power management be turned on/off, so that data center employees don’t have to make guesses.
next: Part 3 – Green Data Center Consolidation and Virtualization
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