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SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER at the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Green Datacenter Initiatives at SDSC Matt Campbell SDSC Data Center Services Manager [email protected]

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SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER at theUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Green Datacenter Initiatives at SDSC

Matt CampbellSDSC Data Center Services Manager

[email protected]

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SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER at theUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

SDSC Data Center Overview• 19,000 sq ft• 13 MW of on-site power• 100+ projects operating IT equipment in data center

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Key Points• How do we illustrate energy loss and quantify savings?

• Establishing a common unit of measurement for data centers• What areas can be improved?

• Mechanical• Electrical• IT equipment

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Power Usage Effectiveness PUE =

• Industry accepted unit of measurement• 2+ is still the data center industry ‘norm’• SDSC’s datacenter came was audited last year with a resulting

PUE of 1.35 – 1.42.• Systems located at SDSC would save 28-65% on energy alone!

Total Facility PowerIT Equipment Power

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Energy Savings Multiply

Courtesy Jack Pouchet, Emerson

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Working on Many Fronts

Air handling retrofit with variable frequencydrive fans and modulating chilled water

valves to match cooling to real-time loads.

High-efficiency UPS Retrofit

Cold / Hot Aisle Containment

“Free Cooling”Opportunities

Efficient SystemLifecycles

Distributing Higher-Voltage(277/480V) Power to the

floor to reduce transformerand distribution losses.

Experimenting with DC-OnlyPower Distribution

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Data Center Improvements to Lower PUE

• Mechanical Systems• Aisle containment• CRAH VFD retrofits• Blanking panels, floor brushes

• Electrical Systems• High efficiency UPS

• System Lifecycles• Virtualization• Consolidation of ‘ghost’ servers

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Cold/Hot Aisle Containment

Cold Aisle Containment• Knuerr Coolflex

• First deployment in the United States• Requires a standardized datacenter• Enclosed cold aisles (70-78F)• Servers exhaust to room as a whole,

which runs hot (90-100F)

Hot Aisle Containment• Essentially a “heat chimney” on top of hot

aisles with doors at each end.• Flexible, can be phased incrementally• Cold room as a whole (70-78F)• Exhaust to enclosed hot aisle (100+F),

ducting directly to cooling systems

• Expect 50-80% better cooling airflow efficiency than traditional hot/cold aisle• Separates cold/hot air, eliminating the need for over-cooling, over-blowing• Allows for high temperature differentials, maximizing efficiency of cooling equipment

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Filling In The Gaps

• Brushes to cover tile cutouts• Allows cables to pass through

while blocking air

•Cost effective blanking panels•Minimizes leakage

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CRAH VFD Retrofits• Added variable

frequency drives to computer room air handlers• Allows CRAH units to

modulate based on control signal

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Electrical Systems• High efficiency UPS units that can save ~500,000

kWh/year • Higher voltage to IT equipment

• Providing 277/480V power on the floor to more efficiently power HPC systems without transformer and distribution losses

• Exploration of DC power for IT equipment

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Hardware Lifecycle Efficiency• Hardware retirement

• Equipment refresh more often leverages technology improvements

• Virtualization• Maximize equipment utilization

• Consolidation of ‘ghost’ servers• Underutilized IT equipment• ‘Forgotten’ equipment

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QUESTIONS?