Energy Saving Server Solutions
Presented by MicroAge
Programme
Introduction to MicroAge
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Brett Beranek
Marketing Director
MicroAge Canada
Energy-saving Server Solutions
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Martin Chagnon
System X Specialist
IBM Canada
Q&A
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IBM Big Green Overview
A Focus on Energy Efficiency
in the Data Center
© 2008 IBM Corporation
Top IT Business Priorities
 Virtualization now the norm in most datacenters
 Power / Heat is top priority
 Blades everywhere
 10GB Ethernet starting to break through
 Multi-core processors (six core now / octo-core 2009)
 Server Consolidation
 ‘green’ technologies
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Technologies that Matter
HIGH AVAILABILITY
Features
 Hot-swap SATA Drives
 Hot-swap fans in 1u server
 Light-path diagnostics
Performance
Scalability
 Hot-spare / mirrored memory
 Blade Expansion Options
Redundancy
 SFF SCSI drives
 ServeRaid module
 Cool-Blue™ Portfolio
 PFA on more components
 eX4 Architecture
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Innovation
Reduced
Failures
Serviceability
Manageability
Flexibility
Power in - $ out
 According to IDC, by 2010 for every $1 spent on hardware, 70 cents will be
spent on power and cooling and by 2012 for every $1 spent on hardware, $1 will
be spent on power and cooling.
 Data centers typically consume 15 times more energy per square foot than a
typical office building
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How is energy typically used in the data center?
Data center
IT Load
55%
45%
Power and
Cooling
Dept of Energy Stats
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Where does the energy go in a typical data center?
Average Data Center > 2,000 Sq. ft. and 3 years or older
100 Unit
Input
35 Unit
Output
55% Power and Cooling
Chillers,
Chillers,
humidifiers,
Humidifiers,
CRAC,CRAC,
PDU,
PDU,
UPS,UPS,
Lights, and
Conversion,
Power
and
distribution
Distribution
Server,
Servers,
Storage,
Storage,and
Network
and
Operations
Network
33 Units
Delivered
45% IT Load
Data source: Creating Energy-Efficient Data Centers, , U.S. Department of Energy , May 18, 2007
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Why green data centers?
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Highly energy-intensive and rapidly growing
•
Consume 10 to 100 times more energy per square foot than
a typical office building
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Large potential impact on electricity supply and distribution
•
Used about 45 billion kWh in 2005
•
At current rates, power requirements will double in 5 years.
Typical Data Center Cooling Conversion
IT Load
55%
45%
IT Load
A 10% Improvement
could save 20 billion kwH
in the USA.
Power and Cooling
Data source: Creating Energy-Efficient Data Centers, , U.S. Department of Energy, May 18, 2007
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45%
55%
Power and Cooling
IBM response – Project Big Green
 “IBM to reallocate $1 billion a year”
. . . Armonk, May 10, 2007
• Create an 850 member worldwide IBM “Green Team” of
energy efficiency specialists.
• Plan, build or prepare our facilities to be Green Data
Centers based on IBM best practices and innovative
technologies in power and cooling.
• Use virtualization as the technology accelerator for our
Green Data Centers – to drive utilization up and our
annual power cost per square foot down.
IBM Project Big Green
 Re-affirmed IBM’s long standing commitment to environmental leadership
1. IBM energy conservation efforts from 1990 – 2005 have resulted in a 40% reduction in
CO2 emissions and $250 billion in energy savings. IBM is committed to an additional
12% CO2 savings by 2012.
2. IBM will double the compute capacity in our Green Data Centers by 2010 without
increasing power consumption or carbon footprint, thus avoiding 5 billion kilowatt hours
per year.
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RTP Green Demo Center
Description

Extension of Systems and Technology Group’s RTP Executive Briefing Center providing a
demonstration showcase for IBM and partner energy efficient data center elements
 Rack dense Blades, Servers and Storage
Solutions
 Big Green Partnership Solutions: APC, Eaton,
Emerson and GE
 Power/Workload Management HW &SW
innovations

Tivoli solutions, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
 Rack Level Cooling

Estimated size: 2000 sq ft
Value proposition

Providing an environment to showcase IBM and partner innovation in energy efficient data
center solutions and to promote leadership technologies and showcasing IBM’s and partner
“green” capabilities for our customers

Co-location at IBM EBC allows broad exposure to large number of EBC events and
integration into focused, Power & Cooling themed events.

Onsite proximity to GTS, SWG and Retail Executive Briefing Centers for cross platform sales
activity
Business impact

Drive awareness of IBM leadership position in energy efficient data center technology

Promote sales for IBM solutions and data center services
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RTP Green Solution Center Layout
D
F
E
C
G
A
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B
Broad energy ecosystem to holistically address the issue
 Partnering with leading global data center power and cooling
technology providers in the world
 Governments and energy utilities are also helping clients improve
their overall energy efficiency
 RTP EBC Green Solutions Center Showcase – April 2008
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Innovations to build energy-efficient data center
IBM Data Center Stored Cooling Solution – The ”Cool Battery”
 Increase the cooling capacity in existing or new data center
 Cut energy costs
IBM Optimized Airflow Assessment for Cabling
 Replace cabling systems with high-performance fiber transport systems
 Improve cooling and reduce energy usage across data center
IBM Scalable Modular Data Center
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Get racks, power, cooling, security and monitoring
Deploy 500 and 1,000 square foot data centers in 8 to 12 weeks
Manage integration and coordination of data center
Save 15% over the price of a traditional approach
IBM Thermal Analysis for High Density Computing
 Identify and resolve existing and potential heat-related issues
 Prevent outages and provide options for power savings and expansion
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Example – IBM Data Center Stored Cooling Solution
Thermal storage solution to improve efficiency of cooling
system by 40-50% and reduce energy costs
– Shift energy usage to off-peak hours saving up to 30%
– Provide extra cooling capacity to enable growth and survive
grid failures
Thermal storage device
between computer
room air conditioners
and chillers
Cooling System with PCM (phase-change material)
HVAC unit
heat
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heat
PCM storage
Chiller
Cooling
tower
How is energy typically used in the data center?
Data center
Server hardware
IT Load
55%
Power and
Cooling
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45%
Processor
70%
30%
Power supply,
memory, fans,
planar, drives . . .
See BLUE , think GREEN
 $1B investment in energy initiatives
 Technologies across full STG family
 Recognized as industry leader
 Modular systems contributions:
 Rear-door heat xChanger
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Bezel designs
Back-to-back fans
Vectored cooling
Thermal sensors on planar
Low-voltage processors
91% efficient power supplies
 Flash drives
 Active Energy Manager
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IBM’s Vision For Green Data Centers Of Tomorrow
By the End of the Decade, IBM will  Decrease Server Power Consumption by 50%
Cut expenses with leadership energy-efficiency
 Eliminate the Need for Data Center Air Conditioning
Cap the carbon footprint for Data Centers
 Increase Compute Density by a factor of 10
Scale Data Center computing with no new construction
 Eliminate Servers From Landfills
Completely recycle old servers
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Less Power and Cooling with IBM BladeCenter
 Nearly 10% lower power and
cooling costs with BladeCenter H
 Smarter thinking around power
and cooling with IBM can lead to
savings greater than 30% over
traditional thinking
 LV processors
 BladeCenter E (super efficient
chassis)
 Larger DIMMs
 Solid State Drives
 BladeCenter can deliver 10-30%
more processors per rack for
power restricted environments
System
IBM
BladeCenter
H
Local
Storage
HP
BladeSyste
m c7000
Local
Storage
Server Blades Per Chassis
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Peak Power Consumption
per Server Blade (Watts)
300.63
333.42
IBM Advantage - Percent
Less Power Consumption
Per Blade
9.84%
N/A
1025.14
1136.97
IBM Advantage - Percent
Less BTU/Hr Per Server
Blade
9.84%
N/A
Combined Server and
Cooling Power
Consumption (kWh)
134.68
149.37
Server Blade BTU/Hr
Combined (Server &
Cooling) Cost per year
Uniform Configuration
$110,902.12
$122,999.76
(224 blades)
Edison Group Blade Power Study (Nov 7, 2007). Comparable configurations IBM HS21XM vs. HP BL460c:: 2 x 1.86GHz processors, 8x1 GB of memory,
RAID 1 internal storage. Test exerciser SpecJbb2005. Ambient temperature 75F +/- 2F. 30% claim uses 1.86GHz LV, 4x2GB DIMMs, 16GB .SSD.
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Edison Power Study Summary
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/new/power/Edison_Blade_Center_Power_Study.pdf
Bladcenter Power
Heat
Heat
There are two kinds of power:
 DC – the type of power the server components run on
 AC – the type of power that we distribute in the data center
 Power supply converts AC to DC
220V AC in
Typical
Power
Supply
12V DC out
Example: 2000W AC in at 70%
efficiency = 1400DC output
220V AC in
BladeCenter
Power
Supply
12V DC out
Example: 2000W AC in at 91%
efficiency = 1820DC output
Because BladeCenter power supplies are over 90% energy efficient a lot
less power is wasted as it is transitioned from AC to 12V DC for the server
to run on
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IBM Solid State Drives Power
 Solid state drive power consumption is extremely low: 87% less than that of
conventional drives
 Generate practically no noise compared to traditional HDDs
How cool?
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Single Blade
BladeCenter
Chassis
4 BC Chassis
per Rack
Average Power per blade
350W
3500W
16800W
Power Consumption Reduced
(from two 3.5” SAS drives to two
Solid State Drives
16W – 2W = 14W x 2 drives)
28W
392W
1568W
Cost Savings per year
(at $.10 USD per KW)
$27.99 (1)
$391.90
$1959.53
Less
power,
more
savings
IBM Technologies
Low Voltage
“Cool Blue” Technologies
 Imperative for dual/quad-core
Datacenter
Improvement
Airflow
increases
 Lower noise/power levels
 Patented “Flo-thru”
Smarter
design
Power
Management
Current
Leakage
Power & Cooling
Rack level
cooling
Utilization
 Advanced cooling technology
Server level
cooling
Heat Sinks
Power Executive
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Moore’s Law
Function
Density
Virtualization
Efficient Power
Supplies
IBM Technologies
Low Voltage
“Cool Blue” Technologies
 Imperative for dual/quad-core
Datacenter
Improvement
Airflow
increases
 Lower noise/power levels
 Patented “Flo-thru”
Smarter
design
Power
Management
Current
Leakage
Power & Cooling
Rack level
cooling
Utilization
 Advanced cooling technology
Server level
cooling
Moore’s Law
Function
Density
Virtualization
Hot Swap Fans
Heat xChanger
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Bezel Design
IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger
Air flow
Back
Hot
Front
Cold
Perf tile
 Ideal solution to help
customers deal with increased
BTU output for increasing
dense server deployments
Cable Opening
Tile floor
Underfloor Chilled Air
Subfloor
Rear Door Heat Xchanger
Back
Hot
IBM Enterprise Rack
water lines
Perf tile
Cable Opening
Tile floor
Underfloor Chilled Air
Subfloor
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 Fits on IBM Enterprise rack
 Runs with Customer supplied
water (with-in IBM specs)
Air flow
Front
Cold
 Removes up to 50,000 BTU
(14KVa) per rack
IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger
Temperature Gradient on RDHx Over Time
70.0
Temperature in Degrees C
60.0
50.0
40.0
Air temperature exiting RDHx
prior to water circulation
30.0
After water
flow begins
20.0
10.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
Time in Minutes
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10.0
12.0
14.0
Innovation – IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger
Help Cut Exhaust Heat up to 50 or 60%
Solving today’s data center issues
with mainframe thinking
IBM used water in the
mainframe back then…
Before
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Helps:
 Increase density easily
 Solve “hot spots” in the data center
 Avoid cost of purchasing another AC unit
 Potentially postpone spend on major renovations in the data center
After
Georgia Tech and Cool Blue savings
On Feb 8, 2006 Georgia Institute of Technology dedicated their new
super computer (named Razor) which, according to the press release,
became the 41st fastest computer in the world. Razor features 1000 IBM
BladeCenter LS20 server blades with 2000 dual-core AMD processors
(4000 processing cores) in a 1000 ft2 space. The use of 12 Rear Door
Heat eXchangers allowed for cooling with the existing CRAC units,
avoiding a costly retrofit of the computer room -- Savings of $160,000*
*http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19231.wss
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How is energy typically used in the data center?
Data center
Server hardware
IT Load
55%
Power and
Cooling
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45%
Server loads
Resource
usage rate
Processor
70%
30%
Power supply,
memory, fans,
planar, drives . . .
80%
Idle
20%
Typical Server Utilization Rates
Used
Wasted
Mainframe
UNIX®
x86
< 20%
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Virtualization – Economic engine of a green data center
System 1
System 2
System 4
Virtualization Software
10% busy
2KW
10% busy
2KW
10% busy
2KW
70% busy
4KW
Total Power 8KW
Total Power 4KW
Server consolidation exploiting virtualization is a
very effective tool in reducing energy costs
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Server consolidation conserves energy
How could virtualization help you lower costs?
Immediate savings potential for:
 Reduce the number of devices in the data center
 Improve utilization of existing resources
 Save on data storage costs
 Reduce the number of software licenses to monitor and pay
 Allow recapture floor space for more profitable use
 Increase your power and cooling efficiencies
 Cut administrative expenses
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Active Energy Manager
Manage
Power at the
rack, server,
blade,
storage,
switch and
iPDU level
Ability to set
power
capping
without
performance
throttling
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Compare
actual vs.
name plate
power at
system level
Trend
power use
over time
and view
current
data
IBM offerings help across the board
Data center
55%
Power and
Cooling. . .
45%
IT Load. . .
•Scalable Modular Data Center
•Data Center Facilities Design
•Energy Efficiency Assessments
•Thermal Analysis
•Server Consolidation Services
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Server hardware
70%
30%
Power supply, Processor
memory, fans,
planar, drives . . .
IBM BladeCenter
IBM Cool Blue
Rear Door
Vectored Cooling
Back to Back fans
Efficient Power supplies
Server loads
80%
Idle
20%
Resource
usage
rate
•Active Energy
Management
•Storage and server
virtualization
leadership
Take advantage of innovative technologies
IBM has 40 years of experience in delivering energy efficiency
IBM
BladeCenter®
Active Energy Manager
IBM
X-Architecture®
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Questions
?
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