Data Center Update

1. Data Center Update The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is reduced, but not necessarily minimized, due to choices, policies and regulation for the common good, i.e. our environment, outweighing the cost.

2. Agenda • Current Events in the UC • UCSB Data Center proposal • One hypothetical room layout (wip) • Notes – Processes – Some Futures

3. Current Events – As of April 2008 • Every campus is close to or has run out of data center space. The data centers we have are mostly out of date with respect to energy efficiency. • UC has embraced Sustainability via president’s policy of 3/2007. http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/coordrev/policy/PP032207ltr.pdf • UC/ CSU / IOU Energy Efficiency Partnershiphttp://www.uccsuiouee.org/index.html - also http://www.ucop.edu/facil/fmc/documents/sep_prstn_022508.ppt • ITLC (CIO’s) dedicated 2-01-08 meeting day to data centers and initiated follow on action items including an immediate needs work group and a strategic planning group.

4. Current Events – As of April 2008 • Immediate needs work group has a working draft of needs by the four participating campuses and list of supply side opportunities. • UCOP RFP in progress for analysis of the demand side problem across all campuses and medical centers. • UC wide potential next step – PMO for coordination. • Additional effort needed to support RFP vendor activity. • Additional effort for codifying needs of remaining 6 campuses. The RFP vendor can not come close to our best internal estimations. • Potential “SWAT team(s)” to get near term savings asap. • Strategic planning will build upon RFP vendor’s final report.

5. UCSB Data Center Proposal • UCSB has embraced point-of-service data centers since the late 1970’s and not invested in the original North Hall central facility. • North Hall is now just a large room and no longer meets most of the criterion of a modern data center or standards of audit. • Prior to CNSI building completion, all available space is used. • CNSI has accepted the continuing growth and is close to filled. What do we do next?

6. UCSB Data Center Proposal – cont’d • Business computing growth is relatively flat and new technology advances have contributed to contracting the business foot print. • Research is where the growth is happening and it is very elastic. • Presently, we know of no other future opportunities for DC space. Combining massive research computing needs with Sustainability, a focus on energy management, the bottom line economic imperatives of our time, and we have the contextual parameters to guide us in answering – What do we do next?

7. UCSB Data Center Proposal – Our Target • We have about 4500 sq feet to work with. • Design for research computing. Everything else is easier. • Maximize the usage of the space we have. • Minimize our consumption of electricity. • Maximize the ability of the individual to remotely administer and consume these resources. • Maximize the safety, security and availability of critical physical resources when so many eggs are in one basket. Not unusual for our industry, but a new direction for UCSB. • Maximize the characteristics of scalability and configurability. Think of it as never obsolete by embracing non-disruptive evolution.

9. Notes • Faculty focus groups to establish detailed requirements – the nuance that is below state-of-the-art hosting. • Faculty governance of Research Data Center. • OIST operational management under direction of governance. • Campus might choose to save money and recover space currently used by our many server rooms – minimum of $300K/year savings. • Campus might want to leave everything as is and grow into the new space. Probably will be a mixture of these two end points. • As we build, then grow, we will also perhaps watch the UC evolve sufficiently as to embrace the already available technologies of sharing High Performance Computing.

10. Questions?

11. Utility Links– and Related • Flex Your Power - California Energy Efficiency and Conservation http://www.fypower.org/ • Southern California Edison (SCE) http://www.sce.com/RebatesandSavings http://www.sce.com/RebatesandSavings/BuilderandBuyer/savingsByDesign.htm • Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) http://www.pge.com/biz/rebates/ http://www.pge.com/biz/rebates/incentive_application/index.html • San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) http://www.sdge.com/business/bus_energy_efficiency.shtml

12. Organizational Links • 80 Plus – information forum for energy efficient power supplies http://www.80plus.org/index.htm • APC InfrastruXure for DC’s http://www.apc.com/products/infrastruxure/index.cfm • ASHRAE http://www.ashrae.org • ASHRAE Engineering for Sustainability http://www.engineeringforsustainability.org • Bruns-Pak – data center engineering http://www.bruns-pak.com/ • Energystar – Power Management http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_management • Energystar – Buildings and Plants http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_index • EYP Mission Critical Facilities – Consulting and Design http://www.eypmcf.com

13. Organizational Links – cont’d • HP Services > Data Center Services http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/549605-0-0-0-121.html • IBM – Become more energy efficient http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/optimizeit/cost_efficiency/energy_efficiency/ • Liebert Solutions http://www.liebert.com/solution_pages/Solutions.aspx?x=solutions • Syska-Hennessey Group – Data center engineering http://www.syska.com/ • The Green Grid – consortium for advancing energy efficiency in DC’s http://www.thegreengrid.org/home • Uptime Institute http://uptimeinstitute.org/

14. Appendix A - Charts of interest • ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments • Uptime Institute 2005-2010 Heat Density Trends • ibid. • Uptime Institute The Economic Meltdown of Moore’s Law • Emerson Liebert Energy Efficient Cooling Solutions for Data Centers • APC 120 Guidelines for Specification of Data Center Power Density