clouds bring green
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Presentation from OpSource SaaS Summit 2009 on why cloud computing is green. Focus on understanding how cloud servers are more efficient resulting in better datacenter usage, a environment, and bottom line.TRANSCRIPT
Cloud computing increases efficiency & drives bottom line
© 2009 GoGrid / ServePath
Authors:Randy Bias (VP Technology Strategy)
Steve Gibbard (Architect)
March 2009
Clouds Bring Green
Backgrounds
Randy Bias, VP Technology Strategy, GoGrid– Specializing in IT infrastructure since 1990– 3 ISPs, 3 Internet Datacenters, 2 MSSPs, 2 Cloud providers– Pioneered world’s 1st multi-platform, multi-cloud management
system (CloudScale Networks, Inc)
GoGrid– Division of ServePath, LLC, an established hosting provider– Pioneer in infrastructure-based Cloud Computing– First ‘cloudcenter’ type Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud in U.S.– Public BETA of Grid March ’08; Cloud Storage launched in Dec– 1,000+ customers in first 3 months of operation
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Today’s Agenda
Environmental Costs
Power & Efficiency
Comparing Traditional vs. Cloud
Future Directions
Q & A
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The Case for Green
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Global warming forecasts– Global CO2 emissions
are 27B tons per year– 3.5% increase per year
(up from .9% in 1990)
Global impacts:– Sea levels rise 20 ft– Coastal areas flood– 100 million people
displaced
IT & Datacenter Environmental Impacts
Datacenters create 41M metric tons of CO2– 1.5% of energy in 2006– 5.1 million US households– 100 billion miles driven– 60M tons in 5 years?
E-Waste is also relevant– 70% of heavy metals in
landfills are electronics– 80% of “recycled” waste in
US is exported
Servers grew 50% in last 5 yrs
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Efficiency Matters
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Green, Green, Green
Efficiency drives bottom line
Efficiency is Green
Where can we drive efficiency?– Power– Cooling (Power)
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Focus on Power Efficiency
Quick Win
Many Efficiency Improvements Possible
Game changers:– Virtualization– Consolidation– Cloud computing
Datacenter companies have “economies of scale”
Economies of scale include $$ and power greening
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Cooling is Power
Less power == less heatCooling power is +40% per serverCost of cooling is significant over the lifetime of a single server
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Sonic.net’s datacenter cooling efficiency effects on power costs
Drilling Down on Datacenter Power
Servers are Power Pigs– Average server is 225W– Lifetime cost of power is four times
CapEx– Server energy consumption
growing 9% annually– Server growth of 50% between
2005 and 2010
Servers are horribly inefficient– Average utilization estimated at 6%– 30% of powered servers not in use
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Traditional vs. Cloud
SP runs 265W per server
GG runs 340W per node (17W per cloud server)
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Virtual Server Power Consumption
Power Distribution
RAM central to biz model
Virtualization maximizes power efficiency
GG node power cost distributed across virtual servers
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Cloud Efficiency
Overall GoGrid utilization is very high– RAM > 75%– CPU < 20%– DISK > 50%
Elastic usage means unused servers are off by default– A physical server in motion
generally stays in motion
# of virtual > # of physical in 1/10th space
CPU DISK RAM
GoGrid Utilization Rates
Future Directions
Evaluating additional efficiency measures– Power efficient cloud chassis & Energy Star servers– Alternative power sources– Air-side economizer (60-70% cooling savings)– Air-flow management
Looking into additional recycling options– ServePath programs to increase lifecycle of older equipment
Excess cloud capacity to non-profits:– www.wastenothing.org
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Q & A
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