[CAnet - news] World's First fully solar powered data center
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:02:06 -0400
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Thanks to Larry Smarr for this pointer =96 BSA] http://edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=3D1571 =20 Using a suite of high- and low-tech solutions, a model data center = proves that solid uptime performance and zero carbon emissions are possible.=20 A southern California data center is upping the green ante in the web hosting market with the first fully solar-powered data center. Affordable Internet Services Online, or AISO.net, has achieved this feat through a creative blend of green design and leading-edge technologies. = The 2,000-square-foot facility draws power from 120 solar panels, which = supply electricity to both AISO's office and server farm. Though located in the desert, a unique cooling system keeps the server = room at a constant 65-70=BA F with minimal energy use. A water-cooled air conditioning system works in concert with natural air cooling. When the temperature outside drops to 50=BA F or below=97as it frequently does at = night=97a custom cooling exchanger blows in filtered outside air. Maximizing server capacity is also a factor in the AISO.net equation. Typical servers are assigned one specific task, which means that, on average, they operate at less than 10% capacity. AISO, on the other = hand, uses virtualization software to allow one server to host multiple applications=97 achieving an impressive 75% capacity. =20 =20 =20 ------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to [email protected] =20 These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily = reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. =20 =20 ------ [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C908F5.211ABD20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" = xmlns:p=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" = xmlns:a=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" = xmlns:dt=3D"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:s=3D"uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:rs=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z=3D"#RowsetSchema" = xmlns:b=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" = xmlns:ss=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" = xmlns:c=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" = xmlns:oa=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" = xmlns:html=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" = xmlns:q=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:D=3D"DAV:" = xmlns:x2=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" = xmlns:ois=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" = xmlns:dir=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" = xmlns:ds=3D"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" = xmlns:dsp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" = xmlns:udc=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" = xmlns:xsd=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" = xmlns:sub=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/"= xmlns:ec=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" = xmlns:sp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" = xmlns:sps=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" = xmlns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" = xmlns:udcxf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" = xmlns:wf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" = xmlns:mver=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006= " xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns:mrels=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationshi= ps" = xmlns:ex12t=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"= = xmlns:ex12m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messag= es" xmlns:Z=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st=3D"" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; 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Some excerpts from the web site. Thanks to = Larry Smarr for this pointer – BSA]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style=3D'font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif"'>http://edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=3D1571<o:p></o:p></span></b= ></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Using a = suite of high- and low-tech solutions, a model data center proves that solid = uptime performance and zero carbon emissions are possible. = <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A = southern California data center is upping the green ante in the web hosting = market with the <b>first fully solar-powered data center</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif"'>Affordable Internet Services Online, or AISO.net, has achieved this feat through a creative blend of green design and leading-edge technologies. The 2,000-square-foot facility <b>draws power from 120 solar panels</b>, = which supply electricity to both AISO's office and server = farm.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Though = located in the desert, a <b>unique cooling system</b> keeps the server room at a constant 65-70=BA F with minimal energy use. A water-cooled air = conditioning system works in concert with natural air cooling. When the temperature = outside drops to 50=BA F or below—as it frequently does at night—a = custom cooling exchanger blows in filtered outside air.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif"'>Maximizing <b>server capacity is also a factor</b> in the AISO.net equation. Typical servers = are assigned one specific task, which means that, on average, they operate = at less than 10% capacity. AISO, on the other hand, uses virtualization software = to allow one server to host multiple applications— achieving an = impressive 75% capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those=A0 of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C908F5.211ABD20-- --===============1005098409== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============1005098409==--