ANNISTON DEPOT, bottom-Anniston Army Depot. Information Management Directorate's Army server farm is waiting for, in particular, green, even though the triple-digit in the summer heat. Two years ago began to buy expensive DOIM super servers, our server instead of the normal life cycle replacement of blade servers.
Blade technology provided, mix and match systems and storage flexibility accelerate IT efficiency. This virtual technology, has given us datacenter Server consolidation of orders, space, cooling, the growing challenges of DOIM and power.
Blade servers and server virtualization
Blade servers and server virtualization can help you achieve the DOIM green initiatives by reducing datacenter power consumption by servers located in total. One physical server would normally two or three supplies is about 800 watts.
The current blade-our system will use 16 servers using using only six supplies, producing an average of 800 watts of each power.This is more than 20 000 w saving 16 traditional servers.
Server virtualization offers even more energy savings by allowing the warehouse multiple servers with a single physical server using the currently DOIM. only nine physical servers hosted 33 virtual servers. Typically, these servers would use more than 50 000 watts or less power. Now only a small part of that energy is used by placing them in the virtualized servers.
Denise Burford, chief operation Service center solution "green IT initiative is important for reducing the power consumption of this saving in Anniston," said.
Burford stressed that, in addition to the direct savings, there is a server room climate and the improvement of the operational efficiency of the management system in a reduced footprint of the server, such as, the number of indirect savings.
"DOIM is very excited about our Green IT computing initiatives. We are continuously researching areas increase efficiency and provide more sustainable computing functions that cause less costs. 136 the current our, we have virtualized servers, and the calculation of 33.Virtualization also dramatically reduce our turn-around time in the context of the implementation of the new system.
He said, we no longer need to wait for equipment purchases, which lasts for more than six months and we'll see better use of our existing assets ".
Thin clients and Virtual Terminal Server
Green IT initiatives are also branch out, in a server farm.Thin clients use offers a total power consumption of the entire lower inventory.
Since the thin clients much less and you do not moving parts, they are much less power.A typical OptiPlex desktop is 255 Watts or less comply with the power supply, even if the thin client is only a 50-Watt power supply.Currently, approximately 250 thin clients. When systems has full power, currently deployed thin clients are saving more than 50 000 watts or less power.
DOIM started to thin client technology to quickly Roll production Directorate.
Systems, such as eMidas and AKO terminals were highly leveraged this type of technology.Small footprint is not moving parts and controlled access permits.
Virtual technology
Virtual technology grows, so does DOIM's ability to provide innovative solutions.
"When the system is virtualized, there is no difference between a person who uses the system," said McGriff, IT-expert and systems administrator Bradley. "With virtualization, we can use the granular control of each server resources on each server. us to run the best possible level, which gives us the opportunity to exploit fully the physical hardware budgets. "
This new technology also allows the DOIM's administrators maintain their own premises, a little better. "An administrator can remotely administer the server than in any simple maintenance parts of the system to the changing size, "said McGriff."This means at least the ability to access remotely and you save time when you're away from Home Depot and an hour-and a better quality of life for its money. "
And Director of Information Management Alberta Freeman said more green changes are coming.
"DOIM continue to scan for new Ennakkoarvioinneissa green IT thinking. we will try to process is called Wake on Lan, that allows users to turn off their computers to other periods, on the initiative of the idle. DOIM technicians can remotely" wake up "PC access software or security patches and vulnerability scan.
When all steps are completed, the computer will shut down automatically. "We believe that this is not only provide great save energy, but it also enhances the safety, he said.
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