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42U Confidential ©2008 42U All rights reserved Slide 1
Data Center Energy EfficiencyBest-Practices
– Insights Into The ROI On Best-Practices
December 3, 2008________________________________
Overview
• Importance of Best-Practices• Strategic• Fundamentals• Advanced Air Flow• Cooling Technologies• Power Technologies• Summary• Q&A
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Downtime Costs
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Cumulative Loss
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Source: Energy Logic
Energy Consumers
• Infrastructure Consumes More Power Than The IT Equipment
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Source: The Green Grid, Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Datacenters
Energy Benchmark
• Green Grid Benchmark
• Enables Comparison
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Source: The Green Grid
Benchmark PUE Data
• Best-Case To Date: 1.21
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Efficiency MeasurementLife-CycleSM
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• Measurement Point Design• Measurement Object Database• Security
• Hardware Configuration & Testing• Network Configuration & Testing• Sensor Installation• Software Installation• Network Verification
• Data Collection• Analysis• System Management
• Facilities Data• IT Infrastructure Data• IT Equipment Data• Integration Requirements • Recommendations
• Reconfiguration Plan• Efficiency Improvements
Survey
Plan Install
Measure
Reconfigure
Efficiency Progression
• Basic Airflow• Close-Coupled
Cooling• Economizers• More Efficient
Technologies• Consolidation• Virtualization
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Energy
Expense
Strategic Approaches
• Measurement
• Modular Components– 10-30% Savings Potential
• Virtualization– 10-40% Savings Potential
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Measuring Efficiency
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RackTemperature
RHCurrentPower
Sub-floorPressure
Differential
CRAHSupply & Return Air Temp
Supply RHChilled Water Supply & Return Temp
Fan Power
Chilled Water Flow(Captured at CRAH)
PDUCurrent, Voltage
& Power
Fundamentals
• Air Flow Management– Blanking Panels– Floor Tile Management
• Floor Management– Design
• Maintenance
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Blanking Panel Impact
• Impact of a Single Blanking Panel
• 1-2% Savings
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Top of rack
Middle of rack
Floor Tile Management
• 1-6% Savings Potential
• Correct Locations
• Appropriate Configuration
• Requires Expertise
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Under-Floor Pressure
Rack-Top Temperatures
Hot/Cold Aisle Arrangement
• Reduces– Bypass– Mixing
• 5-12% Energy Savings
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Source: APC, Ten Cooling Solutions, #42
Advanced Air Flow
• Containment– Hot Aisle– Cold Aisle– Level 1-3
• Coordination– Dead Band Set Points
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Containment Concept
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Containment
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Coordination
• 0-10% Savings Potential
• Detailed Analysis Required
• Dead Band Sensitivity Points
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Cooling Technologies
• Rack-Level– 7-15% Savings Potential
• Room-Level– 4-15% Savings Potential
• Coolants
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Rack-Level Technologies
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Close Coupled
Rear Door
Ambient Air
Supplemental In-Row
Active Air
10 15 20 28 35 40 kW
Chip + Enclosure
Room-Level Technologies
• Make Up Air
• Room Air
• Free Cooling
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Power Technologies
• 4-10% Savings Potential
• Sizing Best Practice
• 3-Phase Power Distribution
• Line-Interactive UPS
• High Efficiency UPS
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High Efficiency UPS
• Modular– Planned
Expansion– Efficient
Capacity Alignment
• Hybrid Design
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Remote Power
• Proactive Approach
• Internet Access to Infrastructure
• Predetermined Alerting
• Immediate Response to Alerts
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Remote Power ROI
• 72% of Technician Calls are Resolved with a Re-Boot
• Average Service Call Cost is $500
• Downtime Reduced from1.5 Hours to Minutes
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Additional Efficiency Programs
• Lighting– LED Lighting– Proximity Sensors– In-Cabinet
• Extend Return Ducts
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Summary
• Value of Best-Practices
• Fundamentals
• Advanced Air Flow
• Cooling Technologies
• Power Technologies
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E3 Estimator
• Estimation of Data Center Energy Costs– Industry Benchmark Basis– Multiple Research Resources
• Availability– Spreadsheet Now– 42U Website Soon
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Efficiency Checklist
• Reduce Your Electric Bills– 20-50% for No/Low-
Cost Design and Operations Changes
– 90% for a Systematic Approach
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Source: The Green Grid, Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Datacenters
Q&A
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