Transcript Data Center Efficiency

Data Center Update
The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is reduced,
but not necessarily minimized, due to choices, policies
and regulation for the common good, i.e. our environment,
outweighing the cost.
Agenda
• Current Events in the UC
• UCSB Data Center proposal
• One hypothetical room layout (wip)
• Notes – Processes – Some Futures
Current Events –
As of April 2008
• Every campus is close to or has run out of data center space. The
data centers we have are mostly out of date with respect to energy
efficiency.
• UC has embraced Sustainability via president’s policy of 3/2007.
http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/coordrev/policy/PP032207ltr.pdf
• UC/ CSU / IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership
http://www.uccsuiouee.org/index.html - also
http://www.ucop.edu/facil/fmc/documents/sep_prstn_022508.ppt
• ITLC (CIO’s) dedicated 2-01-08 meeting day to data centers and
initiated follow on action items including an immediate needs work
group and a strategic planning group.
Current Events –
As of April 2008
• Immediate needs work group has a working draft of needs by the
four participating campuses and list of supply side opportunities.
• UCOP RFP in progress for analysis of the demand side problem
across all campuses and medical centers.
• UC wide potential next step – PMO for coordination.
• Additional effort needed to support RFP vendor activity.
• Additional effort for codifying needs of remaining 6 campuses. The
RFP vendor can not come close to our best internal estimations.
• Potential “SWAT team(s)” to get near term savings asap.
• Strategic planning will build upon RFP vendor’s final report.
UCSB Data Center Proposal
• UCSB has embraced point-of-service data centers since the late
1970’s and not invested in the original North Hall central facility.
• North Hall is now just a large room and no longer meets most of the
criterion of a modern data center or standards of audit.
• Prior to CNSI building completion, all available space is used.
• CNSI has accepted the continuing growth and is close to filled.
What do we do next?
UCSB Data Center Proposal –
cont’d
• Business computing growth is relatively flat and new technology
advances have contributed to contracting the business foot print.
• Research is where the growth is happening and it is very elastic.
• Presently, we know of no other future opportunities for DC space.
Combining massive research computing needs with Sustainability, a
focus on energy management, the bottom line economic imperatives
of our time, and we have the contextual parameters to guide us in
answering – What do we do next?
UCSB Data Center Proposal – Our Target
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We have about 4500 sq feet to work with.
Design for research computing. Everything else is easier.
Maximize the usage of the space we have.
Minimize our consumption of electricity.
Maximize the ability of the individual to remotely administer and
consume these resources.
• Maximize the safety, security and availability of critical physical
resources when so many eggs are in one basket. Not unusual for our
industry, but a new direction for UCSB.
• Maximize the characteristics of scalability and configurability. Think
of it as never obsolete by embracing non-disruptive evolution.
Notes
• Faculty focus groups to establish detailed requirements – the
nuance that is below state-of-the-art hosting.
• Faculty governance of Research Data Center.
• OIST operational management under direction of governance.
• Campus might choose to save money and recover space currently
used by our many server rooms – minimum of $300K/year savings.
• Campus might want to leave everything as is and grow into the new
space. Probably will be a mixture of these two end points.
• As we build, then grow, we will also perhaps watch the UC evolve
sufficiently as to embrace the already available technologies of
sharing High Performance Computing.
Questions?
Utility Links – and Related
• Flex Your Power - California Energy Efficiency and Conservation
http://www.fypower.org/
• Southern California Edison (SCE)
http://www.sce.com/RebatesandSavings
http://www.sce.com/RebatesandSavings/BuilderandBuyer/savingsByDesign.htm
• Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
http://www.pge.com/biz/rebates/
http://www.pge.com/biz/rebates/incentive_application/index.html
• San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E)
http://www.sdge.com/business/bus_energy_efficiency.shtml
Organizational Links
• 80 Plus – information forum for energy efficient power supplies
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http://www.80plus.org/index.htm
APC InfrastruXure for DC’s
http://www.apc.com/products/infrastruxure/index.cfm
ASHRAE
http://www.ashrae.org
ASHRAE Engineering for Sustainability
http://www.engineeringforsustainability.org
Bruns-Pak – data center engineering
http://www.bruns-pak.com/
Energystar – Power Management
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_management
Energystar – Buildings and Plants
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_index
EYP Mission Critical Facilities – Consulting and Design
http://www.eypmcf.com
Organizational Links – cont’d
• HP Services > Data Center Services
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http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/549605-0-0-0-121.html
IBM – Become more energy efficient
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/optimizeit/cost_efficiency/energy_efficiency/
Liebert Solutions
http://www.liebert.com/solution_pages/Solutions.aspx?x=solutions
Syska-Hennessey Group – Data center engineering
http://www.syska.com/
The Green Grid – consortium for advancing energy efficiency in DC’s
http://www.thegreengrid.org/home
Uptime Institute
http://uptimeinstitute.org/
Appendix A - Charts of interest
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ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments
Uptime Institute 2005-2010 Heat Density Trends
ibid.
Uptime Institute The Economic Meltdown of Moore’s Law
Emerson Liebert Energy Efficient Cooling Solutions for Data Centers
APC 120 Guidelines for Specification of Data Center Power Density