Innovation in Data Center Consolidation
“Te RBS entry had the edge in its compliance to the competition criteria, its attention to detail and the opportunity to provide learning ” George Adams, SPIE Matthew Hall
Winner 2010: Te Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) About this award
Finalists 2010 Domicilium (IOM) Ltd
After 18 months of development work, data center hosting company Domicilium
has deployed a large self-provisioning cloud which has enabled consolidation in the number of racks which were burning electricity while adding flexibility to its delivery of customer services.
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley explored ways of maximizing its available resources.
It decided to use existing rack space that could be consolidated but had no way of visualizing the data. Tis led it to confirm the space available in server cabinets then construct a new data center space that could be deferred once it leveraged its investment in intelligent power strips and environmental sensors.
Nottinghamshire Health Trust in partnership with Alphacom
NetApp and its partner Alpha were tasked with consolidating
Nottinghamshire Healthcare’s storage infrastructure. Te end result had to compliment a virtual infrastructure and ensure 24 x 7 availability of client services. Te solution reclaimed 50% of its storage capacity, shrank rack space by 75% and reduced cooling by 67%.
Strategic Data Center Consolidation Project
RBS’s Strategic Data Center Consolidation Project has combined the use of innovative technology and best practice data center operational processes to deliver a saving of more than 15,000 sq ft of data center (DC) space. Tis enabled a more structured use of space and changed operating expectations of its DC experience.
Te project combines database consolidation (Oracle, SQL and Sybase); virtualization (3,000 logical servers and growing) and the migration to native and “v-container” blades as well as a technology refresh for legacy hardware, cloud computing and SAN rationalization. (All supported by ongoing performance monitoring and reporting.)
During an extensive migration program the dedicated decommission team continually challenged every move. Targets for decommissioning were proactively identified and eliminated; selected by end-of-life status, application association and usage profile with zero tolerance to re-usage unless justified.
DC facilities worked with consolidation teams to create the correct environments within the data centers: cold aisle containment; PDU balancing; legacy cabinet removal; CFD modelling; rationalization of power distribution and network provision. All activates were coordinated to ensure optimal use of space/power.
Te muiti-faceted initiative was also linked to an operational process review. All data center processes were reviewed and enhanced to enable the greatest efficient use of the available space and power.
Te environment in which the data center operates is changing rapidly through a combination of economic, regulatory and growth pressures and the opportunities presented by new technologies and deployment strategies. ‘Doing more with less’ has become a mantra for our times and one of its most evident impacts is the set of processes represented by consolidation. management and operation. Tis Award seeks to recognize and reward best practice in data center consolidation that enable data center owners and operators to capitalize on major efficiency and operational opportunities represented.
Sponsor
SPIE Matthew Hall provides multi technical engineering and support services throughout the UK. It is a leader in electrical, mechanical, HVAC engineering, energy and communications systems, providing advanced technical services and solutions to help businesses design, build and maintain their facilities.
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