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The GreenIT DC Benchmarking Tool – From Scientific Theory to Real Life Ywes Israel, M.A. 1st International Workshop on Energy - Efficient Data Centers May 8th, 2012, Madrid
About GreenIT-BB
The Network
was established in April 2009 as a Public Private Partnership and brings together
leaders from business, science and administration who want to move energy-saving
information and telecommunications technology. The network has already more than
twenty partners, including leading companies and institutions such as the Axel
Springer AG, Berliner Flughäfen (Berlin Airports), the State of Berlin and the Vienna
City Administration, Magistrat. The network initiates projects, brings together
information, facilitates professional exchange and sees itself as a nationwide center
of excellence for Green IT. GreenIT-BB is partly funded by federal and state funds.
Since 2010 the network - together with partners –bestows the “GreenIT Best Practice
Award” for innovative approaches to improve energy efficiency in IT.
Apply now for the award 2012
About DC-Benchmarking
Lighthouse Project 2010 – GreenIT DC Benchmarking
“GreenIT data center benchmarking” is the first neutral benchmarking tool, that
shows the specific energy and cost saving potential in data centers (RZ). By
comparison with similar data centers and analysis of best practices, IT managers gain
a detailed overview of ways to optimize their systems. The online based comparison
tool can be applied to data centers of any type and size. The basic set of data for the
GreenIT data center benchmarking deviates from a scientific analysis of thirty data
centers realized by the Technical University of Berlin. Since April 2010, the stock in
the benchmarking tool has grown to 108 data centers with more than 79,000 servers.
It was awarded by the German Federal Government as a "Flagship Project 2010”.
GreenIT supports you in reducing ICT energy costs and CO2 emissions
reduce
Energy costs CO2 emissions
Public Requirement to Reduce CO2 Emissions (Greenhouse)
Increasing Energy Costs Through More Use of IT
Energy-Efficiency Criteria as Increasing Share of IT Strategy
Increased environmental consciousness and increasing expectations at all levels.
Increasing regulations and mandated standards
E.g. Federal: 40% – CO2 reduction by 2013
Through drastically increasing use of Internet-based services, especially through the use of more and more transaction and storage volume.
Energy costs of a server usually exceed its purchase price by a factor of 4–5 times (measured over the lifecycle)
Computer centre efficency, utilisation and operating costs
Lack of room for cooling systems
Energy sources in the computing centre
Challenges for decision makers in IT
Quelle: BearingPoint, 10. Bonner Microsoft®-Tag für Bundesbehörden
Many decision makers in IT do NOT know the energy requirements of their data centers
Number of Employees:
do NOT know their energy requirements Ø 85 %
64%
36%
5,000 and more
67%
17%
4%
13%
1,000–4,999
91%
6%
3%
500–999
100%
200–499
Both known
Only Euro known
Only kWh known
NO
Quelle: vgl. http://images.computerwoche.de/images/computerwoche/bdb/493837/C9FE99D05B6E2AB7257C811737B07F55_800x600.jpg, (Stand 26.06.2009)
Different kinds of Benchmarking (BM)
Results Procedures
Analysis of process costs (turnover, SAP users, subscribers)
Controlling/cost reduction
Analysis of technical structures and process parameters
Positioning of individual values Best Practice approaches Cost optimisation with assessment of potential
Technically oriented
BM
Business- oriented
BM
Statement of tendencies for cost reduction Restricted transferability of results Often a supporting argument for
outsourcing
*based of study promoted by TSB Technologiestiftung Berlin
Technical GreenIT DC Benchmarking
Assessing the Success of GreenIT – Optimisation Measures
Identification of Potential for Optimisation
Displaying Potential for Energy Savings
Anonymous and Neutral
Based in Science
Identification of Best Practices
Comparability, Data of > 100 DCs
Process of GreenIT DC Benchmarking
Acquisition of the starting
data from the data center
Calculation of the
actual DC
individual values
(W1 – W30)
Comparison with
current data
from benchmarking
participants
1st Step 2nd Step 3rd Step
Kostenloser Registrierungsprozess
How do you apply as a user?
Registration is free of charge
Comparison with current data from Benchmarking Partners
The evaluation shows the benchmarks (W1 - W20) compared to the Peer Group. Traffic lights signal the need for optimization
DC-Benchmarking Quick Screen for DC
W1 – 5 Energy demand W6 – 12 Air conditioning W13 – 16 Availability W17 – 19 Data Management and Security W20 structural information
Result: Benchmarking Report
Optional use by DC BM Projects together with TimeKontor AG and GreenIT BB Partners
(W1)
=
=
kWh or CO2
kWh or CO2
Savings Measure
(W)n = Measures n = Savings kWh or CO2
∑ Measures ∑ Savings kWh or CO2 (W25)
Proposal for Accounting for Performance Increases in DC
Problem: permanent change in the demands on IT
(growth rate of 17% per year with power requirement)
Proposed solution:
Illustration of performance increases over power requirements for the DC
sub-sections (e.g., number of servers, CPUs, sub-section processed or
stored/archived data volume, cooling systems).
Neutralization of performance increases through specific, normalized IT-
related key figures (e.g., power density per sub-section, energy density per
CPU or server).
Option of repeated benchmarking of the same DC (before/after comparison).
Statistics: 108 DC registrations (by May 3rd, 2012)
Among them:
Consultancy companies that are interested in using the tool for their clients (e.g., IBM, Fujitsu Siemens, Computacenter, BearingPoint, Raiffeisen Informatik, Swisscom AG);
108 DC operators with one or more data centers, among them:
Axel Springer AG, Gruner & Jahr AG & Co. KG, Continental AG, Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG, Provinzial Rheinland, Immobilien Scout GmbH, Roche Pharma AG Deutschland, Federal Maritime and Hydrography Agency, Deutsche Bank as well as the city of Cologne;
parties from Switzerland and Austria, e.g., the Magistrate of the city of Vienna.
Don’t forget:
108 data center - 79,176 Server – 148,884 CPUs – 40.812 square meter area
Conclusion
Data from over 108 data center form the basis of the study
Based in science; neutral and anonymous
Recommendations for action with examples of Best Practices
Free Tool (basic report) for DC managers
Before/After Comparison (repeated Benchmark)
Reliable quantification of kWh and/or CO2 savings
through BM projects (optional)
GreenIT-BB is an open network
Connects experts from business, science and administration Financed as a PPP (Federal, State, business) for six years (2009 – 2015) It organizes and supports the following activities:
Other partners are:
Management
Workshops
Marketing & Sales support
Innovative projects
Experts talk
Business Develop-
ment
Meetings
Events
Market evaluation
Experts
Expertise
www.greenit-bb.de
c/o TimeKontor AG Contact: Thomas Leitert ([email protected])
Ywes Israel ([email protected])
Ute Gaab ([email protected])