tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631200414899554974.post7836330230824864115..comments2024-03-13T07:15:41.680+00:00Comments on From a Distance...: Green IT AuditAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087922860279622347noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631200414899554974.post-40997848902418280742008-10-22T10:00:00.000+01:002008-10-22T10:00:00.000+01:00Hi Andrew - I remember the "thermal incident" well...Hi Andrew - I remember the "thermal incident" well! Thanks for the link to the google stuff - very interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087922860279622347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631200414899554974.post-13941611129723690942008-10-21T20:51:00.000+01:002008-10-21T20:51:00.000+01:00just think where your university could be in the P...just think where your university could be in the People & Planet's Green League 2009 if you bought in a good energy consultant who could search the web!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631200414899554974.post-65251028962796059752008-10-21T14:09:00.000+01:002008-10-21T14:09:00.000+01:00At the JISC Innovation Forum earlier this year the...At the JISC Innovation Forum earlier this year there was a session on Green IT. One of the most striking things for me was that the vast majority of power usage in a University case study (actually at Sheffield - so I guess this ins't news to you) was PCs (48%) - so targetting this is probably going to be a first priority.<BR/><BR/>The other thing that was very striking was that transferring the cost of power to depts was a key way of reducing energy consumption - once you add it to a budget line, people suddenly start taking notice apparently!<BR/><BR/>I was impressed by the recent post by Dave Pattern at University of Huddersfield about installing low power OPACs at http://www.daveyp.com/blog/archives/410<BR/><BR/>I'm not aware of much work being done at my own institution on this, which is a shame - I hope it is my ignorance rather than the lack of things happeningOwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363304748950192248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631200414899554974.post-58893509257645188952008-10-21T13:48:00.000+01:002008-10-21T13:48:00.000+01:00One other thing I forgot to mention is that Google...One other thing I forgot to mention is that Google have <A HREF="http://www.google.com/corporate/datacenters/" REL="nofollow">some interesting information</A> on how they try to improve green performance in their data centres.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631200414899554974.post-69460392738262692692008-10-21T13:46:00.000+01:002008-10-21T13:46:00.000+01:00Of course, I meant "aren't all negatives"!Of course, I meant "aren't all negatives"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4631200414899554974.post-37269599037054687912008-10-21T13:45:00.000+01:002008-10-21T13:45:00.000+01:00If you can do it, turning servers off seems like a...If you can do it, turning servers off seems like an attractive proposition, but has some other side effects that need to be taken into consideration. The main one I can think of is decreased reliability... you may remember the "thermal event" (aka. miniature fire) that iceberg suffered, whilst being turned back on when we were low on power in the Computer Centre! <BR/><BR/>However, the side effects aren't all positives. Think how confident you'd be in your servers all starting up properly after a power outage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com