Are you aware that the energy consumption by data servers in the EU is comparable to the energy required to operate 8 nuclear power plants? In this day and age in which we seek to reduce the human footprint on the globe, this amount of energy is mind boggling. A necessary focus of our technology and effort should be to reduce this consumption through developing methods of maximizing the efficiency of data servers in high demand networks.

Just such a focus has been endeavoured in the EU. A great model for the success of streamlining the efficiency of data servers is the German city of Bad Soden am Taunus. Bad Soden am Taunus is a small city of approximately 21.500 residents.

The administration of this municipality is very much dependant on Information Technology (IT). However, their servers were not operating very efficiently. They were employing 16 distributed servers and using outdated desktop tower servers. There were over 100 desktops in use. The municipality decided upon

consolidating and virtualizing the server’s infrastructure modernizing the city’s network the use of a virtual desktop infrastructure for the city employees consolidating the printer environment

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Another success story is from Europe’s second largest web host, STRATO AG. With over 1 million clients being offered their own home pages, on-line shops, and server lease, the need for efficiency is obvious. Over 100 old servers were replaced with 14 Sun X4200 and 28 Sun T2000 systems.

This storage of information in a centralized server greatly reduces the “physical” space required for logistical operation, reducing management costs. Also, this bolsters security by moving data from numerous desktop devices to the datacenter. This will also increase the speed of provisioning while strengthening user flexibility by providing universal access. This removes the desktop from the environment of the hardware and OS, thus eliminating unnecessary storage and potential IT problems from your workplace.

Many more case studies can be viewed at http://efficient-servers.eu/ for more information and opportunities to support this project as we continue to develop technology toward a more energy efficient IT future.

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