Efficiency part 2

markaggar — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:04:00 GMT

A few things today.

First, part 2 of my Green IT interview has been posted on TechNet Radio. Direct links are available to WMA, MP3-Hi and MP3-low. In this one, I talk predominately about virtualization.

Also in the deja vu category is this TechNet Edge video interview on our new Gen 4 Data Center architecture with David Gauthier, Data Center Infrastructure Architect and Christian Belady, Principal Power and Cooling Architect, from the Global Foundation Services team at Microsoft. They offer a behind-the-scenes architectural perspective on the concept behind modularity and our data center and infrastructure strategies at large. The new blog post discussing the infrastructural components and efficiencies gained from our Gen 4 data center plan can be found here.

Finally, I was forwaded this very interesting interview with Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute about efficiency being our best untapped energy resource. Amory is the guy who typically carries around his carbon fibre 'hat' to demonstrate the strength of the material as a substitute for steel in the auto industry. I love this quote from him at the end: "Then I took a lot of video conferencing, rather than flying. Just move the electrons and leave the heavy nuclei at home."

Green IT TechNet Radio Interview

markaggar — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:06:00 GMT

My former colleague, Adam Bogobowicz interviewed me recently on Green IT for TechNet Radio. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview. You can access part 1 of the interview via the following links:

WMA MP3 (Hi bandwidth) MP3 (Low Bandwidth)

(Tip: if you are listening via Windows Media Player, hit CTRL-SHIFT-G and I'll talk at 1.4 times the speed to save you both time and maybe some energy. :-) CTRL-SHIFT-N reverts back to normal speed)

During the interview I talk about PUE, EPEAT, Desktop Power Management and Data Center Best Practices among other things. Coincidentally, our Data Center Operations team announced their vision for next gen data centers, which you can read about on Mike Manos' blog. Look ma, no roof!

Technology Treading Lightly : Data Centers

Efficiency part 2

Green IT TechNet Radio Interview