GREEN COMPUTING
BY:
M.Uma
OVERVIEW
• Definition
• Goal
• Origin
• Why Green Computing?
• Problems
• Expectations
• Hardware Based Solution
• Impact on Business
• Some recent implementations
• Conclusin
• references
Definition
Green Computing is “Where organizations
adopt a policy of ensuring that the setup and
operations of Information Technology
produces the minimal carbon footprint”.
Goal
The goals are similar to green chemistry
– reduce the use of hazardous materials
– maximize energy efficiency during the product's
lifetime
– promote recyclability or biodegradability of
defunct products and factory waste.
E-waste Impacts in China
PROBLEMATIC DATA CENTER
ORIGIN
In 1992, the U.S. Enviromental Protection
Agency launched Energy Star,a voluntary
labeling program which is designed to
promote and recognize energy-efficiency in
monitors, climate control equipment,etc.
MAIN VICTORY-
– This resulted in the widespread adoption of sleep
mode among consumer electronics.
WHY GREEN COMPUTING ?
Climate Change
Computing Power Consumption has
Reached a Critical Point
Savings
Reliability of Power
What are some other reasons other
than saving planet earth?
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PROBLEMS
HARDWARE
DATA CENTER
COOLING
INCREASING COSTS AND WASTES
Expectations
Hardware based solution
VIRTUALIZATION:
– CONTRIBUTION OF VIRTUAL SYSTEMS
– CONTRIBUTION OF VIRTUALIZED SERVERS
– CONTRIBUTION OF VIRTUALIZED DATA
CENTER
– CONTRIBUTION OF VIRTUAL APPLICATION
Contd…
POWER MANAGEMENT
– Lower power consumption
– allow the user to manually adjust the voltages
– Examples:Intel SpeedStep,AMD Cool'n'Quiet,AMD PowerNow!
POWER SUPPLY
STORAGE
VIDEO CARD
DISPLAY
MATERIALS RECYCLING
TELECOMMUTING
IMPACT ON BUSINESS
Companies are competing in an
increasingly ‘green’ market, and must
avoid the real and growing financial
penalties that are increasingly being
levied against carbon production.
IT has a large part to play in all this.
How??????
With the increasing
drive towards
– centralized mega data centers
– the huge growth in power consuming
technologies in some companies
– a shift to an equally power-consuming
distributed architecture in others
CONSESQUENCES
The IT is driving an exponential increase in
demand for energy, and along with it, is
having to bear the associated cost increases.
The problem:
Rising energy costs
“POWER CONSUMPTION” making IT
industry is weaker than most.
The Impact
Important Issues
– Politically
– Economically
Increases in the cost of living
Drive up the cost of doing business
Force greater investment in nuclear power, which is
unpopular and expensive
May lead to a massive growth of intrusive alternative energy
infrastructure
Solving the related problems of rising energy costs and
environmental damage will be extremely painful and costly.
The solution:
A fresh approach to IT and power is-putting power
consumption at the fore in all aspects of IT – from
basic hardware design to architectural standards.
Example:
IBM has a real appreciation of the issues, thanks to
its size, experience and expertise, and can help its
customers to avoid the dozens of ‘wrong ways’ of
doing things, by helping to identify the most
appropriate solutions.
Strategies for change
demand major changes in IT user behaviours and
policies.
the adoption of new infrastructure
Competition amoung companies to develop better
gren computer
Virtualization and server consolidation can
allow users to ‘do more with less’, allowing one
large server to replace several smaller machines.
Some companies contributing towards this are
IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and
AMD have joined forces to launch the Green Grid
environmental lobby
SOME RECENT IMPLEMENTATIONS
OF GREEN COMPUTING
Blackle:
– Blackle is a search-engine site powered by
Google Search.
Contd…
Zonbu Computer:
The Zonbu is a
new, very energy
efficient PC. The
Zonbu consumes
just one third of the
power of a typical
light bulb.
Contd…
Fit-PC:
– Fit-PC is the size
of a paperback
and absolutely
silent, yet fit
enough to run
Windows XP or
Linux.
Contd…
Sunray thin client:
– Sun Microsystems
is reporting
increased
customer interest
in its Sun Ray, a
thin desktop
client, as
electricity prices
climb
Contd…
The Asus Eee PC and
other ultra portables:
– small size
– fairly low power CPU
– compact screen
– low cost and
innovations
– such as using flash
memory for storage
CONCLUSION
So far, consumers haven't cared about ecological impact when
buying computers, they've cared only about speed and price.
But as Moore's Law marches on and computers commoditize,
consumers will become pickier about being green.
The greenest computer will not miraculously fall from the
sky one day, it’ll be the product of years of improvements.
The features of a green computer of tomorrow would be like:
– Efficiency
– manufacturing & materials
– recyclability
– service model
– self-powering
REFERENCES
1. Report of the Green Computing Task
Group Green Computing and the
Environment
2. Jones, Ernesta " New Computer
Efficiency Requirements". U.S.EPA.
3. “Green Computing: Whitepaper”
4. ‘Green IT’-IBM technology services
www.wikipedia.com
QUESTIONS????
