Green IT Solutions – How To Be More Energy Efficient

Quite often, schools and government agencies use a lot of energy through use of personal computers and servers that are quite frankly, energy hogs.

While using green technologies help, there are other mediums of technology as well that can save energy. One of them is virtualization that can help reduce the size of the server room significantly.

Where does virtualization score?

Normally, there can be tens of servers running around the clock which might be unnecessary if one uses virtualization as more than one operating system can be run simultaneously. This will also mean less eWaste to be recycled as lesser number of servers will mean less recyclable waste.

The problem though is not many know how to migrate to a virtualized environment. Server’s resources lie dormant and are used as less as 5%. Virtual desktops can increase IT efficiency and as few local computer resources will be needed, it will extend the life of the desktop. More, thin client computers reduce cost by as much as 60-70% less and are 50% smaller than a standard desktop.

The thing to remember is making green IT decisions should come at the initial stages. While Intel continues to make chips that are more environmently friendly, there shouldn’t be wastage of resources. File duplication is a cause of major worry and the server’s resources is compromised by storing the same file time and again. Preventing real time duplication can help in preserving server resources.