The Hindu Business Line : Sun Micro driving Green movement

Hyderabad, Jan. 1 Data explosion in the recent years is forcing technology sector to ramp up data centres while focusing on key aspects of eco-friendly issues such as power and reduction of electronic waste.

This has become the single largest focus area for enterprises and has led to what Sun Micro refers to Green Data centres. Most of these centres now being set up in markets such as India are focusing on this aspect, according to Mr K.P. Unnikrishnan, Director, Marketing and Alliances, Sun Microsystems India.

Speaking to Business Line, Mr Unnikrishnan cited the case of how the company’s data centre in Bangalore has been transformed and has helped Sun to consolidate it from a centre spread over 10,490 sq ft to 5,096 sq ft, and this has in the process increased computing power by 154 per cent and reduced power consumption by 17 per cent.

“Significantly, this transformation has meant that it migrated all its applications from about 300 servers to about 100,” he said.

Managing data explosion

Citing Gartner research numbers, Mr Unnikrishnan said about 50 per cent of data centres would have insufficient power and become lot more costlier in the current form, unless they take to new technologies with a focus on reduction of power consumption and bringing down emission levels.

Typically, energy bills account for about 10 per cent of IT budget and this could go up to 50 per cent by 2010-2015, given the pace at which enterprises have to manage data explosion. This is forcing Chief Information Officers and companies to take a proactive role in bringing down overall expenses, where Sun is also providing consultancy services, he said.

First, about 95 per cent of products that get into data centres are recyclable and barely about 5 per cent subjected to e-waste. This is complemented by innovative product design and software support through virtualisation that ensures that the power consumption is brought down.

“As part of Sun’s efforts, we have formed a consortium of companies that includes APC, Wipro Infotech, Hitachi Data Systems and Advanced Micro Devices to provide data centre solutions and help enterprises drift towards energy conservation and efforts to protect ecology,” Mr Unnikrishnan said.

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