The Green and Virtual Data Center | by Greg Schulz | 2009 | ISBN: 9781420086669. Energy-Efficient and Ecologically Friendly IT Data Center. Next-Generation Virtual Data Centers Checklists and Tips. IT Infrastructure Resource Management. Virtualization and Management Tool.

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The Green and Virtual Data Center

by Greg Schulz
2009 (380 pages)
ISBN:9781420086669

Providing real-world insight in addressing best practices, server, software, storage, networking, and facilities issues, this book offers strategies and blueprints for enabling and deploying environmentally friendly next-generation data centers.

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The Green and Virtual Data Center







Preface
Overview
Who Should Read This Book
How This Book is Organized




Part I – Green IT and the Green Gap-Real or Virtual?
Chapter 1 – IT Data Center Economic and Ecological Sustainment
Overview
1.1: The Many Faces of Green—Environmental and Economic
1.2: The Growing Green Gap: Misdirected Messaging, Opportunities for Action
1.3: IT Data Center “Green” Myths and Realties
1.4: PCFE Trends, Issues, Drivers, and Related Factors
1.5: Closing the Green Gap for IT Data Centers
1.6: Summary

Chapter 2 – Energy-Efficient and Ecologically Friendly Data Centers
Overview
2.1: Electric Power and Cooling Challenges
2.2: Electrical Power—Supply and Demand Distribution
2.3: Determining Your Energy Usage
2.4: From Energy Avoidance to Efficiency
2.5: Energy Efficiency Incentives, Rebates, and Alternative Energy Sources
2.6: PCFE and Environmental Health and Safety Standards
2.7: Summary

Part II – Next-Generation Virtual Data Centers
Chapter 3 – What Defines a Next-Generation and Virtual Data Center?
Overview
3.1: Why Virtualize a Data Center?
3.2: Virtualization beyond Consolidation—Enabling Transparency
3.3: Components of a Virtual Data Center
3.4: Summary

Chapter 4 – IT Infrastructure Resource Management
Overview
4.1: Common IRM Activities
4.2: Data Security (Logical and Physical)
4.3: Data Protection and Availability for Virtual Environments
4.4: Data Protection Management and Event Correlation
4.5: Server, Storage, and Network Resource Management
4.6: Summary



Chapter 5 – Measurement, Metrics, and Management of IT Resources
Overview
5.1: Data Center-Related Metrics
5.2: Different Metrics for Different Audiences
5.3: Measuring Performance and Active Resource Usage
5.4: Measuring Capacity and Idle Resource Usage
5.5: Measuring Availability, Reliability, and Serviceability
5.6: Applying Various Metrics and Measurements
5.7: Sources for Metrics, Benchmarks, and Simulation Tools
5.8: Summary




Part III – Technologies for Enabling Green and Virtual Data Centers
Chapter 6 – Highly Effective Data Center Facilities and Habitats for Technology
Overview
6.1: Data Center Challenges and Issues
6.2: What Makes up a Data Center
6.3: Data Center Electrical Power and Energy Management
6.4: Cooling, HVAC, Smoke and Fire Suppression
6.5: Data Center Location
6.6: Virtual Data Centers Today and Tomorrow
6.7: Cloud Computing, Out-Sourced, and Managed Services
6.8: Data Center Tips and Actions
6.9: Summary

Chapter 7 – Servers—Physical, Virtual, and Software
Overview
7.1: Server Issues and Challenges
7.2: Fundamentals of Physical Servers
7.3: Types, Categories, and Tiers of Servers
7.4: Clusters and Grids
7.5: Summary



Chapter 8 – Data Storage—Disk, Tape, Optical, and Memory
Overview
8.1: Data Storage Trends, Challenges, and Issues
8.2: Addressing PCFE Storage Issues
8.3: Data Life Cycle and Access Patterns
8.4: Tiered Storage—Balancing Application Service with PCFE Requirements
8.5: Data and Storage Security
8.6: Data Footprint Reduction—Techniques and Best Practices
8.7: Countering Underutilized Storage Capacity
8.8: Storage Virtualization—Aggregate, Emulate, Migrate
8.9: Comparing Storage Energy Efficiency and Effectiveness
8.10: Benchmarking
8.11: Summary

Chapter 9 – Networking with Your Servers and Storage
Overview
9.1: I/O and Networking Demands and Challenges
9.2: Fundamentals and Components
9.3: Tiered Access for Servers and Storage—Local and Remote
9.4: Abstracting Distance for Virtual Data Centers
9.5: Virtual I/O and I/O Virtualization
9.6: Virtualization and Management Tool Topics
9.7: Summary

Part IV – Applying what You Have Learned
Chapter 10 – Putting Together a Green and Virtual Data Center
Overview
10.1: Implementing a Green and Virtual Data Center
10.2: PCFE and Green Areas of Opportunity
10.3: Summary

Chapter 11 – Wrap-up and Closing Comments
11.1: Where We Have Been
11.2: Where We are Going—Emerging Technologies and Trends
11.3: How We Can Get There—Best Practices and Tips
11.4: Chapter and Book Summary

Appendix A – Where to Learn More
Appendix B – Checklists and Tips
B.1: Facilities, Power, Cooling, Floor Space and Environmental Health and Safety
B.2: Variable Energy Use for Servers
B.3: Variable Energy Use for Storage
B.4: Data Footprint Impact Reduction
B.5: Security and Data Protection
B.6: How will Virtualization Fit into Your Existing Environment?
B.7: Desktop, Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO), Small/Medium Business (SMB), and Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Users
B.8: Questions to Ask Vendors or Solution Providers
B.9: General Checklist and Tip Items

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