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A mandate for change
Around the world, there is an increasing awareness that human activity may threaten delicate ecological systems. From evidence of global warming to concerns about water and soil toxicity, individuals and groups are asking what they can do to reduce their environmental impact.
You can't go green overnight, but these five steps for green transformation can help you work toward your goals in logical, manageable stages as well as position you to reach the vision of a New Enterprise Data Center.
Step one: Diagnose
It can be difficult to capture accurate and detailed information on the energy efficiency of your data center, and even more difficult to identify the right opportunities for improvement. IBM offers easy, convenient tools to help you assess your current green status.
Step two: Build
With experience building more than 30 million square feet of data center space for clients worldwide, IBM can help you select and configure the hardware you need to create your green data center.
Step three: Virtualize
With the latest hardware and software solutions for virtualization, IBM can help you move toward a consolidated infrastructure that takes advantage of emerging hybrid systems.
Step four: Manage
Provisioning and virtualization management software can reduce server power consumption by up to 80 percent annually. If this software was deployed in all U.S. data centers, the country could save an estimated 5.4 billion kilowatt hours per year—enough electricity to heat 370,000 homes for a winter.
Learn more about virtualization management
Step five: Cool
Analyst firm IDC estimates that in 2006 $29 billion was spent on powering and cooling IT systems. You can beat the heat by exploiting exploit new IBM liquid cooling solutions.
- IBM's patented Rear Door Heat eXchanger "cooling doors" are now available across most IBM Systems offerings. While requiring no additional fans or electricity, they reduce server heat output in data centers up to 60 percent by utilizing chilled water to dissipate heat generated by computer systems.
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