What have we learned?
A Green Hue from Consolidation and Virtualization
Commonwealth of Virginia
- Replaced 60,000 PCs and laptops with Energy Star-rated machines
- Energy consumption reduced by 32 percent
- Hard dollar savings estimated at $12 million each year
State of New York DMV
- 277 servers have been virtualized across 11 physical machines
- Realized more than 25:1 savings in server acquisition, power, AC, UPS, floor space, security, support and maintenance costs
City of New York
- Virtualization has raised server utilization rates from 10% to 60%
- Capacity increased by the equivalent of 400 servers
- Avoided the need for implementing an additional 350 servers
- Cost avoidance estimated at $7.9 Million
For an overview of a few steps in the right direction in IT sustainability, see the Center for Digital Government's green paper, Simply Green.
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