The Ashmolean Green IT Strategy

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The Ashmolean Green IT Strategy
A (developing) Green IT Strategy
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Background Information Building

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

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More Background Human Resources

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

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The Strategy 1 - Monitor
Communicate
Monitor
Identify
Establish Policies
Manage
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OUED Electricity Meters feed
http//ionenterprise1.survey.ox.ac.uk/ion/
Internet Explorer only
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Oxford Monitoring Service
greenit_at_oucs.ox.ac.uk
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Datasynergy Powerman
http//www.datasynergy.co.uk/
Active
Inactive while on
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PC Powerdown monitor
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The Strategy 2 - Identify
Communicate
Monitor
Identify
Establish Policies
Manage
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Identify but its not just IT stuff
IT Equipment
Servers
Workstations
Non IT Equipment
Others
It should be remembered that energy is consumed
by many pieces of equipment, not just IT stuff!
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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 gt60 (perhaps about 40 are
  attached to the network)

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The Strategy 3 - Manage
Communicate
Monitor
Identify
Establish Policies
Manage
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Manage Workstations FiDo
http//www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/greenit/wol.xml
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Manage Workstations PC Power Down
Powerdown Clients
Policies set on server
Powerdown Server
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Manage Workstations Powerman
Datasynergy Systems

• Powerman 5 Power Manager
• Activity Based Monitoring
• Easy Group Policy based configuration
• Client Server application

Active Directory
Powerman Management Server
Policies
Manage
Reports
AD Container
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The Strategy 4 Establish Policies
Communicate
Monitor
Identify
Establish Policies
Manage
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Establish Policies Guidelines

• Infrastructure 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

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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
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Two Warnings

• Manage Expectations!
• Reduce our Energy Bill (15,000pm)
• ICT contribution ltlt10 probably lt800pm
• Potential Saving only 200pm (lt2)
• Beware of Responsibility Creep
• What is consuming the power?
• Just because it is controlled by computer
  software does not necessarily mean its an IT
  Problem!

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Contacts
Ashmolean Contacts

• Anjanesh.babu_at_ashmus.ox.ac.uk
  (technical/really useful stuff)

• Jonathan.moffett_at_ashmus.ox.ac.uk
  (management/policy stuff)

• Useful Contacts
• Data Synergy (PowerMan) geofft_at_datasynergy.co.u
  k
• http//www.datasynergy.co.uk/
• OUCS Green Team greenit_at_oucs.ox.ac.uk http//w
  ww.oucs.ox.ac.uk/greenit/
• OUED Online
• philip.pike_at_oued.ox.ac.uk http//ionenterprise
  1.survey.ox.ac.uk/ion/
• Qubic Group plc (PC Power Down) Luke.Norris_at_pcpo
  werdown.com http//www.pcpowerdown.com/