Greening the Education Process

1. Greening the Education Process Tony Kingston Education Team Leader Deverill Ltd

2. The Role of IT in Education • IT is playing an ever increasing role in delivering education and educational resources to Students. • IT is a key resource for Teaching Staff for lesson planning, preparation and delivery. • IT is an essential tool for the Management of educational establishments.

3. Some Facts • Traditional IT delivery is NOTGreen • A standard desktop PCs consumes 250watts per hour (420Kw per school year) • A standard Server consumes 500watts per hour and operates 24 x 365 (4,380Kw per annum) • Electricity costs between 8.5p and 10.3p per Kilowatt • Each Kilowatt used generates 0.537Kg* of CO2 • 85% of IT managers in public institutions feel that tight budgets will be their greatest challenge in the coming years. • 70% (avg) of the costs associated with IT are incurred by system administration burdens and the need to support existing systems. * Source : - The Carbon Trust * * Source: Mummert Consulting

4. An example.... Assumptions • A school with 500 PCs and 12 servers • Average electricity cost of 9.4p per Kw * * Excludes the cost associated with cooling a server room which is typically 1.3 times the power input for cost and emission calculation

5. Greening the Education Process through Virtualisation • Virtualisation • A technique that has been proven over the last thirty years • Now available for desktop PCs and Windows Servers • Desktop virtualisation • Server Virtualisation • Adoption of virtualisation technology reduces: - • Power consumption • Carbon emissions • Cost of acquisition • PC and server management costs • Floor/desk space footprint

6. Greening the Education Process through Virtualisation • Benefits of Desktop Virtualisation • Lower cost of acquisition • 2 – 3 thin clients for the price of a single PC • Reduced manufacturing and distribution inputs • Improved return on IT investment • Doubles/Triples the lifespan of a PC, usually 7 – 10 years • Can even re-use existing older PCs • Reduces power consumption dramatically • Typical thin client device 12w • Enables effective centralised management and support • Reduces time required to deploy new applications • Allows more time for IT developments • Reduces IT support costs

7. Greening the Education Process through Virtualisation • Benefits of Server Virtualisation • Reduced power and cooling costs • Reduced carbon footprint • Improved return on IT investments • Increased systems performance, resilience and availability • Reduced system maintenance costs • Fast deployment of test environments to reduce risk • Cost containment for future IT deployments • Opportunity to implement disaster recovery plan

8. so ....... what exactly is ‘Virtualisation’ Jude Clermont Senior Engineer Deverill Ltd

10. Virtualisation It’s all about ‘how’ ..... not ‘why’ !

11. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Traditional Infrastructure % Resources Used Power & Cooling Used Email Server Application Server File Server Web Server

12. Physical Virtualised £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Virtualised Environment Application Server Email Server File Server Web Server % Resources Used % Resources Used Power & Cooling Used Power & Cooling Used

13. More BANG for your BUCK

14. Virtualisation It’s all about ‘when’ ..... not ‘if ’ !

15. Server Virtualisation

16. Physical Server

19. Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 Box 6 Box 7 Box 8

20. Virtualised Server External SAN

21. External SAN

22. Key Technologies High Availability

23. High Availability External SAN

24. Key Technologies vMotion Live Migration

25. Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Memory Content Memory Sync Configuration Data Cluster Node 1 Cluster Node 2 User VHD Network Storage

26. Key Technologies Disaster Recovery & Imaging

27. Data Protection SNAPSHOTS - IMAGES - LAN-FREE - VCB - DR - CLONE

28. Desktop Virtualisation

29. Why vDesktop • Cost of PC’s • Ongoing Maintenance and Upgrades • Application Maintenance and Installation • IT resources requirements for PC’s • Green Issues – Power Cooling/Landfill • Its only available from the Office

30. The Options !!!! • Shared remote desktop “Terminal Server” • Shared Remote Application • Packaged Application Delivery or Virtual Application • VDI “Virtual Desktop Infrastructure”

32. Presentation Virtualisation (desktop) Presentation Virtualisation (app)

34. Application Virtualisation

36. VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)

37. Group Policy Preferences

38. Group Policy Preferences

39. Virtualisation Facts • Virtual IT delivery IS Green • A standard Thin client terminal consumes 12 watts per hour (20Kw per school year) • A standard Server consumes 500 watts per hour and operates 24 x 365 (4,380Kw per annum) • Electricity costs between 8.5p and 10.3p per Kilowatt • Each Kilowatt used generates 0.537Kg* of CO2 * Source : - The Carbon Trust

40. The example, post virtualisation Pre virtualisation example Post virtualisation example These examples exclude the cost savings that are obtained from a reduction in the use of air conditioning in the server room, typically estimated at 1.3 times the input power to the servers and other equipment located there

41. Equivalent to planting 21,800 Trees

42. Equivalent to taking 26 cars off the road

43. Or 52 cows!!!!

44. Next Steps Work in partnership with Deverill to : - Save money on power and cooling Reduce current carbon footprint Improve ROI on current and future IT investments Deliver new capabilities and services faster Reduce ongoing IT support costs Extend ROI on past IT investments Improve systems availability Deliver practical example of going green to the next generation of business people