Analyst firm Gartner, Inc revealed that data center managers will be dealing with worsening problems in space, energy, hosting services dedicated and technology issues by next year. The people behind the firm advised the managers to find alternative solutions in dealing with the aforementioned problems.
Gartner Research Vice President Rakesh Kumar said that energy costs are rising in a fast pace in the data center setting, adding that data center managers are not paying serious attention to this matter yet. He stressed that removing one x86 server from a data center will lead to savings in energy costs amounting to $400 each year.
Gartner has identified the following issues that need to be addressed by the managers. These are:
Data costs breakdown: Gartner advises the users to start defining a chart of accounts that will identify the cost elements that constitute the overall costs for this.
Hardware rationalization: Check out systems that may no longer be used or underutilized. Gartner revealed that consolidation programs and rationalization have resulted to decrease in servers needed for operations.
Manage facilities and energy costs: This means raising the temperature of data centers at about 24 degrees Celsius. This means lessening the cooling temperature and use outside air as alternative to air conditioning. This lessens energy costs.
Manage costs for people: Workforce accounts to about forty percent of overall costs in any data center. Fully utilize the workforce to efficiently manage the systems.
