The Ashmolean Green IT Strategy

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The Ashmolean Green IT Strategy

A (developing) Green IT Strategy


• No. of Public Galleries: 67• No. of Offices/Labs/Work Areas: 82• No. of Stores: 25

Background Information: Building


• Full-time Staff: 169• Part-time Staff: 86 (includes VSAs)• Volunteers & Interns: 26 (varies)

More Background: “Human Resources”


The Strategy: 1 - Monitor

Identify

Manage

Communicate

Monitor

Establish Policies


OUED Electricity Meters feed

* Internet Explorer only

http://ionenterprise1.survey.ox.ac.uk/ion/


Oxford Monitoring Service

[email protected]

Snapshot location


Datasynergy : Powerman

Active Inactive while on

http://www.datasynergy.co.uk/


PC Powerdown monitor


The Strategy: 2 - Identify

Identify

Monitor

Manage

Communicate

Establish Policies


Identify … “but it’s not just IT stuff”

Servers

Non IT Equipment

IT Equipment

Workstations

Others

It should be remembered that energy is consumed by many pieces of equipment, not just IT stuff!


“Yet More Background: ICT Infrastructure”

• No. of “active” Workstations: 150• No. of Servers: 26• No. of Switches: 31• No, of UPS: 50• No. of Printers: >60

(perhaps about 40 are attached to the network)


The Strategy: 3 - Manage

Identify

Monitor

Establish Policies

Manage

Communicate


Manage: Workstations – FiDo

Power management monitoring (PMM) and Wake on LAN (WOL)

• User driven wake up on demand• Group Wake up• Easy Administration• Client less • Excellent Support

OUCS, OeRC, OUCE & OUED

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/greenit/wol.xml


Manage: Workstations – PC Power Down

Powerdown Server and Monitor• Modular plugin Application• Client – Server based deployment• Group Shutdown management

PC Powerdown

Powerdown Server

Powerdown Clients

Policies set on server


Datasynergy Systems Powerman 5 Power Manager

• Activity Based Monitoring • Easy Group Policy based configuration• Client – Server application

AD Container

ActiveDirectory

PoliciesPowerman

Management Server

Manage

Reports

Manage: Workstations – Powerman


Identify

Monitor

Establish Policies

Manage

Communicate

The Strategy: 4 – Establish Policies


Establish Policies & GuidelinesInfrastructure services

• Citrix based server virtualisation• Storage virtualisation and consolidation

Desktop policies • Hibernate when inactive• Promote remote working • Tie in remote working with OUCS WOL • Virtual desktop delivery • Reuse low spec computers• Printer consolidation and management


The Future• User education • Shared knowledge and initiative• Increase and consolidate server

virtualisation• Aim for the best of all worlds• Reduce our Monthly

Energy Bill (£15,000)Open Source

In house Commercial


1. Manage Expectations!• Reduce our Energy Bill (£15,000pm)• ICT contribution: <<10% probably <£800pm• Potential “Saving”: “only” £200pm (<2%)

2. Beware of “Responsibility Creep”• What is consuming the power?• Just because it is “controlled” by computer software

does not necessarily mean it’s an IT Problem!

Two Warnings


Useful Contacts•Data Synergy (PowerMan):

[email protected] http://www.datasynergy.co.uk/

•OUCS Green Team: [email protected]://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/greenit/

• OUED Online: [email protected]

http://ionenterprise1.survey.ox.ac.uk/ion/•Qubic Group plc (PC Power Down):

[email protected] http://www.pcpowerdown.com/

•[email protected] (“management/policy stuff”)

•[email protected] (“technical/really useful stuff”)

ContactsAshmolean Contacts

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