1. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Presented by:
Kevin Partridge, Systems Engineer
West Chester University
Panel member: Adel Barimani, CIO

2. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
4th largest university in the Philadelphia region and one of the top regional, comprehensive public universities in the country
Organized into 5 colleges offering 80 undergraduate and 70 master’s degree programs
Enrollment of 14,211 students
Part of the PA State System of Higher Education
Named in the top 100 best buys - by Kiplinger in American Public Higher Education,

3. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
“Green” Campus Initiative
Green Data Centers: West Chester University
100 acre preserved woodland environmental reserve on campus
The campus has begun converting to geothermal heating and cooling systems
Green roofs on two campus buildings in 2010
WCU’s new Data Center was designed for energy efficiency, using cold-aisle cooling, blade servers, and server virtualization which reduced energy consumption by 50% in comparison to the previous data center
Work is in progress to redesign WCU’s second data center for energy efficiency – same technology will be deployed.
Two new residence halls are completely wireless to reduce the energy consumption in the data network closets. All new dorms will be wireless.

4. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Green Data Center Facility
Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Building
Existing DC: 1,300 sq. ft.
New DC: < 800 sq. ft. ~40% reduction in data center size
Power
Existing DC: 50 kVA (80% in use, 40 kVA)
New DC: 100 kVA (20% in use, 20 kVA) 50% energy reduction, but double the capacity
Cooling
Existing DC: Perimeter Cooling, UPS/Generator does not power AC
New DC: Hot Aisle / Cold Aisle Cooling, UPS/Generator powers AC

5. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Green Data Center Technology Deployed
Green Data Centers: West Chester University
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6. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Green Server Environment
Green Data Centers: West Chester University
60 Virtual Servers
VMware ESX Servers
HP 6400 EVA Storage Arrays
VMware Virtual Center
HP Virtual Connect

7. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Green Server Hardware
Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Blade Enclosures
HP C7000 Blade Enclosures
Servers
HP 465c Blade Servers
Connections
HP Virtual Connect

8. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Green Storage
Green Data Centers: West Chester University
EVA
(2) HP EVA 6400 SANs
75 terabytes of FC storage
Continuous Access
Allows data to be replicated from one EVA to the other
Provides fast recovery of University systems
Enterprise Virtual Arrays

9. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Green Networking
Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Hardware
Brocade and Aruba Networks
Virtualization
VLANs
Speed
Trunked 10Gbps between Data Centers

10. Green Data Centers: West Chester University
Presented by:
Kevin Partridge, Systems Engineer
West Chester University
Panel member: Adel Barimani, CIO