Foundations of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center (Paperback)

“This book comprehensively discusses design considerations for the truly energy efficient data center.”

Scott Davis, Chief Data Center Architect, Office of the CTO, VMware, Inc.

This Book Isn’t About “Evangelizing” Green It:

It’s About Getting Down in the Trenches and Making It Work

In Foundations of Green IT, a team of leading Green IT consultants presents the detailed technical information data center professionals need to systematically identify the right improvements, implement them, maximize savings, and accurately calculate business value.

Marty Poniatowski and his team present comprehensive case studies reflecting their unsurpassed Green IT experience, complete with detailed implementation diagrams and performance information. You’ll find independent, detailed coverage of solutions from HP, VMware, EMC, Cisco, and other leading vendors, with optimized sample designs and realistic ROI projections. Whether you’re a CIO or IT director, architect or administrator, if you want to improve IT efficiency, this is your definitive resource.

Three comprehensive, start-to-finish case studies 

Analyze current environments, set goals, define implementation plans, and calculate ROI for: 

• Server and desktop consolidation and virtualization

• Data center backup/recovery/archiving, including replication

• Networking, including VoIP background

Plus practical coverage of these Green IT topics: 

• Designing data centers for greater efficiency and lower power usage

• Leveraging cloud computing

• Consolidating Microsoft SQL Server instances

• Reducing PC-related power usage and waste

About CDI, the company behind this book: 

This book was written collaboratively by many CDI technical experts, led by Marty Poniatowski. CDI is an infrastructure services firm with practices focusing on virtualization, storage, networking, data center design, and other ”green” services. It has clients in all industries, notably financial services, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.

「這本書全面討論了設計節能數據中心的考慮因素。」
─ Scott Davis，VMware公司首席數據中心架構師

這本書不是關於「宣揚」綠色IT，而是關於深入研究並使其運作。
─ Marty Poniatowski及其團隊在《綠色IT基礎》中，提供了領先的綠色IT顧問團隊所需的詳細技術信息，以系統地確定正確的改進措施，實施它們，最大限度地節省成本，並準確計算業務價值。

Marty Poniatowski及其團隊提供了全面的案例研究，反映了他們無與倫比的綠色IT經驗，包括詳細的實施圖表和性能信息。您將找到來自HP、VMware、EMC、Cisco和其他領先供應商的獨立詳細解決方案，其中包括優化的樣本設計和實際的投資回報預測。無論您是CIO還是IT總監，還是架構師或管理員，如果您想提高IT效率，這是您的權威資源。

三個全面的案例研究
分析當前環境，設定目標，定義實施計劃，並計算以下方面的投資回報率：
• 服務器和桌面整合和虛擬化
• 數據中心備份/恢復/存檔，包括複製
• 網絡，包括VoIP背景

此外，還有這些綠色IT主題的實用內容：
• 設計更高效且功耗更低的數據中心
• 利用雲計算
• 整合Microsoft SQL Server實例
• 減少與個人電腦相關的功耗和浪費

關於這本書的背後公司CDI：
這本書是由CDI的許多技術專家合作撰寫的，由Marty Poniatowski領導。CDI是一家基礎設施服務公司，其業務範圍包括虛擬化、存儲、網絡、數據中心設計和其他「綠色」服務。它的客戶遍布各個行業，尤其是金融服務、制藥和醫療保健行業。