Data Storage: Going Green?

Not all 'green' IT solutions or messages are created equal. Regardless of political views, the reality is that for business and IT sustainability, a focus on ecological issues — and more importantly, their economic aspects — cannot be ignored.

There are business benefits to using the most energy-efficient IT solutions to meet different data and application requirements. However, vendors are busy promoting 'green' stories and solutions that often miss where IT organization challenges and mandates exist.

There is growing gap between 'Green Washing' and how to close the gap enabling IT organization to address issues including cost reduction, addressing power, cooling, floorspace and EH&S-Environmental Health & Safety (PCFE) topics to help address environmental and economic concerns while sustaining business growth.

These and other themes, issues, applicable technologies and techniques along with best practices addressing server, storage, I/O networking, facilities, software and services are covered in my new book "The Green and Virtual Data Center" (Auerbach). Learn more at www.storageio.com/book2.html and in my blog www.storageioblog.com.

Cheers - Greg Schulz