| If you are someone who is in charge of the | | | | need to think about what you can do to get your old |
| hardware solutions that your company uses, you will | | | | UPS hardware replaced with smaller, modular units. |
| find that it is quite important to consider what you | | | | This can reduce the cost of your energy bill by more |
| need to do to make your office more green-friendly. | | | | than 20% every hour. This can make a huge |
| There are a number of different ways that you can | | | | difference in the amount of energy that is wasted |
| integrate environmentally appropriate solutions in your | | | | and the amount of money that you save. |
| office, and some of them might be a great deal | | | | You should also think about what your options are |
| more hardware oriented than you might think. With | | | | going to be when you are thinking about cooling your |
| the energy crisis coming to a head and more and | | | | equipment. Most organizations will merely have |
| more businesses seeing the result, you'll find that | | | | traditional floor-based cooling, which will be quite |
| there is a great deal that you can do to reduce your | | | | indiscriminate as to the amount of energy contained. |
| energy output as well as your financial overhead. | | | | When you are looking to eliminate this waste, |
| Take some time and really consider what your | | | | switching to in-row chillers that focus their effect on |
| options are and what green solutions can do for you. | | | | very specific heat sources can be a key way to |
| In the first place, you will find that unless you are | | | | move forward with making your servers and your |
| taking some fairly rigorous measures, you are | | | | server room more green compliant. Other solutions |
| overspending on electricity. Your data centre is a | | | | do involve making the most out of your existing |
| place that is positively bleeding cash, often in the | | | | hardware through the use of server virtualization |
| realm of thousands of '£s' every single month, | | | | software. |
| and the sole culprit can be inefficient power | | | | Similarly, you will find that even the servers that you |
| equipment. When you are looking into making your | | | | use themselves can be made more energy efficient. |
| data centres more efficient, you'll discover that you | | | | Large name companies like Dell are currently rolling |
| need to take a look at the uninterruptible power | | | | out servers that are designed to be energy |
| supplies that lead to your servers. These devices, | | | | conservative. In Dell's case, their PowerEdge Energy |
| also known as UPS, are designed in such a way as to | | | | Smart models tend to host a processor that draws |
| keep the servers running and to guard against grid | | | | on only 40 watts of power versus the more |
| failure. They are vital, but there is a good chance | | | | standard 65 or even 80, and more generally, there is |
| they are operating less than 75% energy efficiency. | | | | a claimed 25% improvement. |
| The result, when you are looking to make sure that | | | | Consider where the energy issues of today leave |
| your office is saving money and is acting in a more | | | | you and your company. Don't get left behind, check |
| eco-friendly environment, is that you are going to | | | | out the green servers that can do so much for you! |