Centralization of server rooms to allow total energy management in buildings that currently have server rooms.
Additional data center space is needed to satisfy urgent customer requirements for growth, allow removal of servers from office environments, provide a safe and secure environment, and avoid future conversion of office space into energy inefficient and unsecured machine rooms.
Yoonja Hwang (lead) yoonja-hwang@tamu.edu
Pete Marchbanks pete.marchbanks@tamu.edu
M. Kezunovic kezunov@mail.ece.tamu.edu
R. Balog rbalog@ece.tamu.edu
Fred Fisher ffisher@tamu.edu
J. Riley jimriley@tamu.edu
Data centers were included in the initial plans for the General Services Complex
(removed because of cost) and the Communications Center (building dropped when the
Journalism department was restructured). The Wehner Annex data center was constructed as a stop gap.
The Smart Energy Campus Initiative (SECI) is preparing to provide some information that may give some solid figures on payback for adding an additional machine room to centralize more computing services. Dr. Robert Balog, Assistant Professor in Electric
Power Systems and Power Electronics Group in Electrical Engineering, is preparing a questionnaire to send to the Engineering faculty in an attempt to put a value on the lost productivity due to the January 25, 2010 power outage of the North East portion of the main campus. The Teague machine room was not affected due to its Uninterruptable
Power Supply (UPS) and the backup diesel generator.
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The centralization of major computing operations offers advantages in: o Convenience o Accessibility o Physical security o Data security o Machine redundancy o Data backups o Improved reliability o Future expansion and managed growth o Energy management o Economy
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