IT Solutions and Power Infrastructure

You and your organization may have taken some steps to improve your data centers efficiency. But did you know there are a variety of ways that you may not have considered that can be cost-effective, energy efficient, and easy on the budget. ENERGY STAR has provided five ways to improve your IT and power infrastructure efficiency.

IT	Consolidate lightly-used servers	Most servers aren’t running anywhere near capacity. Consolidate and increase server utilization to support removal of unneeded hardware. Removing a single server can save not only on energy, but also in licensing and software fees.
IT	Implement efficient data storage measures	A variety of tools and technologies are available to help reduce the amount of data you store, and to store what you need more efficiently. Deduplication software, for example, can significantly reduce the amount of superfluous data stored at many organizations.
IT	Utilize built-in server power management features	ENERGY STAR servers come with power management features enabled as shipped. This functionality allows server processors to reduce power consumption during times of low utilization.
Power Infrastructure	Reduce energy losses from power distribution units (PDUs)	Look for more efficient PDUs and “smart” PDUs that monitor power usage. High efficiency PDUs are 2 to 3 percent more efficient than conventional units.
Power Infrastructure	Reduce energy losses from uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems	Energy-efficient UPS systems minimize electrical losses and. Properly loading UPS systems can save energy as well and may reduce the overall cost of the UPS.