Network Energy Efficiency: The New Frontier
TranscriptVALERIE SAINT JOHN: Welcome to TechWiseTV. I'm Valerie Saint John, along with Cisco Solutions experts Robb Boyd and Jimmy Ray Purser. Hey, guys! JIMMY RAY PURSER: Hey, Valerie! VALERIE SAINT JOHN: Our focus today, network energy efficiency, the new frontier. The topic of green means many things to many different people. Two things we can agree on. First, since we hear a lot about green, we need to separate what's real from what's hype. And second, the reality of the costs and potential consequences are all too real, and has to be faced across the entire network. Do you agree? ROBB BOYD: Absolutely, I agree, and I would add a couple of other things as well. In fact there's a couple of additional pressure points that companies are weighing in quite heavily now. Number one, the pressure to be smarter about energy usage and then plan accordingly. The financial aspects, those certainly don't go away. And then pressure from customers and board members to exhibit social responsibility by replacing emissions and waste, and proving how we've done those things, the question then becomes how can we as techies, as networking folks ask our audience, what have you, how can we contribute towards helping that happen? What is the right role we can play? VALERIE SAINT JOHN: Right, so let's start there. Where do we find the quickest gains? ROBB BOYD: Well, the datacenter has been the place where we look to first. In fact it was from a 2006 study done by the Department of Energy where we showed energy usage was -- I think energy usage for the US was up to 1.5%, which was double from what they'd seen from 2000. Datacenters consuming all of that, obviously going to keep growing. |
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