Sainsbury to implement Aperture Vista 500

May 13, 2008 at 7:38 pm · Filed under databurst

http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/
servers-data-centre/infrastructure-management/news/index.cfm?newsid=8857

Sainsbury’s has implemented datacentre management software as part of a plan to consolidate its servers.

The supermarket is using the Aperture Vista 500 system in its central datacentres as well as computer rooms at depots, in a bid to gain a better view of its hardware and systems and the space available. The company plans to redesign its datacentres and reduce its server numbers, to improve energy usage, cooling, storage and network efficiency. Sainbury’s has not set a timeframe or targets for its server consolidation programme at this stage.

I highlighted this article simply to talk about data center m anagement, both in terms of the cooling, the power etc, as well as the asset management. Understanding what you have, what it is doing, how it’s earning revenue or providing service, is the key to understanding how your IT operations are delivering to your business, or indeed not. That I can see an application view of the data center, how much back office or administration is using in the data center - can we make those non-revenue generating activites to be more IT, server, data center space/power more efficient? Do check it out.

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DC is the way forward shows data center company

August 6, 2007 at 10:00 pm · Filed under databurst, environment

http://www.onestopclick.com/news/UK-data-centre-cuts-power-consumption-by-40-_18235267.html

A UK data centre claims to have reduced its servers’ energy needs by 40 per cent.

Ultraspeed, based in Shoreditch, said that it had dealt with the growing issue of power hungry servers by switching from AC power to DC and by opting for diskless servers.

The biggest savings came from switching the type of power the London data centre used. DC power is more efficient and the excess heat is created away from the server, reducing data centre cooling needs.

Jordan Gross, Ultraspeed commercial director, said: “The inherent stability and efficiency of DC power has been known for years yet very few companies operating large server farms actually use it.

An article talking about DC power which I’ve written about before, it’s interesting to see it catch on in the real world. I’ve heard it can reduce your power substantially, there are costs involved, but long term, the pay back can be worth it, particularly in volume deployments.

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