ncb green it workshop 23jul2012 (reducing power bills in your data centre )

Agenda

- Where are the costs in a data centre?

- How do we measure them?

- 5 steps to reduce your power bills in a data centre

- Conclusion

Background & Biases

- 12 years IT experience in solution sales, consulting implementation, operations & support

- Last 4 years in data centre design, built and operate. - Setup with first Tier IV (Design) certified data centre in

Mauritius - Launch of first 100% Microsoft technologies stack

based public cloud service - Bhumishq provides data centre hosting and Cloud

solutions

Data Centre Cost Breakdown

Measuring Data Centre Efficiency

A. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

B. Data Centre Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE)

Measuring Data Centre Efficiency

A. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

PUE = Total Facility Power / IT Equipment Power

– PUE is a ratio

– Closer to 1, the better

Example -

PUE = 200 kW / 110 kW

PUE = 1.81

Measuring Data Centre Efficiency

Measuring Data Centre Efficiency

A. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) B. Data Centre Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE) DCiE = (IT equipment power) / (Total facility power) x 100 - DCiE is a percentage - Closer to 100%, the better Example – DCiE = 110 kW / 200 kW x 100 DCiE = 55%

Measuring Data Centre Efficiency

Measuring Data Centre Efficiency

A. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

B. Data Centre Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE)

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

Example - A 90% efficient UPS load will be using 90 kW while demanding 100 kW. This means 10 kW is lost energy or 87,600 kWh of lost energy per year. At utility rate of Rs. 6/kWh, this means annual loss of Rs. 525,600. Plus extras cooling cost which is 33% of lost kW.

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

3. Use cooling best practices

Key Areas

a. Hot aisle / cold aisle

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

Hot aisle / Cold aisle

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

3. Use cooling best practices

Key Areas

a. Hot aisle / cold aisle

b. Use blanking panels

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

3. Use cooling best practices

Key Areas

a. Hot aisle / cold aisle

b. Use blanking panels

c. Sealing gaps in server room

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

3. Use cooling best practices

Key Areas

a. Hot aisle / cold aisle

b. Use blanking panels

c. Sealing gaps in server room

d. Raise server room temperature

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

3. Use cooling best practices

Key Areas

a. Hot aisle / cold aisle

b. Use blanking panels

c. Sealing gaps in server room

d. Raise server room temperature

e. Using high-density supplemental cooling

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

3. Use cooling best practices

4. Power management feature

5 Steps To Reduce Your Power Bills

1. Virtualization

2. Use high efficiency UPS

3. Use cooling best practices

4. Power management feature

5. Monitor consumption

Questions?