Sustainable Computing

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Sustainable Computing

• Simon Tindall
• EAUC Conference - 18th April 2007.

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Raw materials consumed by weight.
x 200
x 2
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Focus on Performance
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Efficient Mass Transport
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Coolthreads Technology
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Efficiency through Centralisation
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20th Century ?
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21st Century
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'Lost' Power
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Sustainability is here to stay.
IT Equipment Cost
/yr
2010-2015
IT Energy Cost
Time
Source IDC
Increasing power density is shifting the balance
of cost
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eWaste at Sun

• gt 50 enters remanufacturing
• All metal and plastic recovered
• Less than 5 enters waste stream
• Fully RoHS compliant
• Ready for next regs

European WEEE Directive sets target that 65 of
IT equipment must be recycled
(EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) and EC Directive on the
restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous
Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(RoHS)
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Suns Open Work Program

• A global, location-independent program providing
  technologies, workspaces and best practices
• 2006 EPA Award 1st in nation for commuter
  friendliness

Participation
Benefits
Real Estate6,600 Seats Saved/Avoidedin FY06
67.9M Sun Ray - thin clientsOver 24M Saved
AnnuallyNo-Cost Moves and Energy Savings
Carbon Reduction 30,000 tons/year and
growing
Flex Location Workers14,803 Participants46 of
Work Force Flexible Offices127 Locations
Worldwide
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THANK YOU

• simon.tindall_at_sun.com
• 07711 -053835

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The Virtual Display Client
... with Zero Administration

• Sun Ray Thin Clients
• Average life 15 years
• Power 15 watts, 24 includes servers
• Heat 80BTUs
• Noise Zero dbs
• Users per CPU 251,Soon 5001
• No viruses, no data loss

• Versus Typical Industry PC
• Average life 3 years
• Power 200250watts
• Heat and Noise 850 BTUs, 5dbs
• Viruses, spyware, data loss
• 94 of users have power maintenance disabled on
  their PC (EPA estimates)
• 315M PCs currently waiting disposal

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Fat versus Thin
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SunRay Thin Clients

• Desktop runs on shared server
• Gets PC out of the office
• 101 501 SunRay to server ratio
• No client upgrades!
• Operational carbon savings
• Potential for huge carbon savings by avoiding the
  PC upgrade cycle and associated manufacturing
  impact

• SunRay 2
• 4 watts
• Windows, Linux or Solaris desktop
• Standard monitor, keyboard, mouse