Christophe's Corner

Store More, Pollute Less, and Save Money?

I recently took the time to chat with Mike Nalls over a Skype link .  In addition to his role on the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) Product Marketing team, Mike also focuses on eco-friendly data center marketing initiatives at HDS.

We discuss the steps that data center managers and storage managers can take to address power and cooling costs for storage systems that have doubled in the past five years.  Mike cites some facts and figures from industry analysts about these costs, which I have referenced here:

IDC

* Fourth annual Green ICT and Sustainability Survey by Vernon Turner, December 2010, IDC #225957,
* The Economic Meltdown and Its Chilling Effect on the Cost to Power, Cool, and Manage Enterprise Storage by David

Reinsel, IDC #217158, March 2009

* The Economic Meltdown and Its Chilling Effect on the Cost to Power, Cool, and Manage Enterprise Storage by David Reinsel, IDC #217158, March 2009
Wikibon
* SAS Drives Tier 1 to New Levels of Green (http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/SAS_Drives_Tier_1_to_New_Levels_of_Green)

Good viewing, and please let me know what you think about the format!

I recently took the time to chat with Mike Nalls over a Skype link.  In addition to his role on the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) Product Marketing team, Mike also focuses on eco-friendly data center marketing initiatives at HDS.

We discuss the steps that data center managers and storage managers can take to address power and cooling costs for storage systems that have doubled in the past five years.  Mike cites some facts and figures from industry analysts about these costs, which I have referenced below.

Good viewing, and please let me know what you think about the format!

IDC

• Fourth annual Green ICT and Sustainability Survey by Vernon Turner, December 2010, IDC #225957,
• The Economic Meltdown and Its Chilling Effect on the Cost to Power, Cool, and Manage Enterprise Storage by David Reinsel, IDC #217158, March 2009
• The Economic Meltdown and Its Chilling Effect on the Cost to Power, Cool, and Manage Enterprise Storage by David Reinsel, IDC #217158, March 2009

Wikibon