1. Defining and Measuring “Green IT”
As the trends of the Technology Industry move toward a more energy conscience, sustainable model; the LSCS Office of Technology Services has committed to being a leader in this arena by engaging in more Eco friendly practices.

2. Lone Star College System
75,000+ students
59,000+ credit
5-8 % avg. growth per year
(15% in 2009)
5 Colleges
2 University Centers
6 Educational Outreach Centers
5,000 + Employees
Expanding our facilities
21 new buildings
2 new centers
LSC-University Park

3. Office of Technology Services
IT Governance
Formal Governance Structure
Strategic Plan for IT
Guiding Principles
Customer Satisfaction
5-Nines Service Delivery
Enterprise Standards
Key Performance Indicators
Financial
Operational
Strategic
Open Executive Reporting
Restructured May of 2008
6 entities into 1
140 staff members
Supported Systems
12,000+ desktop systems
4,800+ network devices
475+ file servers
30 Major Technology Initiatives
New ERP
Network redesign
New Directory Services and Enterprise messaging

4. Defining - “Green IT” Green IT at Lone Star College
As the trends of the Technology Industry move toward a more energy conscience, sustainable model; the LSCS Office of Technology Services has committed to being a leader in this arena by engaging in more Eco friendly practices.
There are two major factors that lead to this shift in focus.
As an institution of Higher Education, we have a social responsibility to address this issue and be a leader in our community
As stewards of tax payers’ dollars, we have a fiscal responsibility to manage costs and improve efficiencies.
This focus is not a simple “do this” and then we are finished, this is a cultural and organizational change that will take time to complete. To make this a manageable process OTS will use a phased approach.

5. Defining “Green IT” – Desktop Management
Advanced Desktop Management
vPro and Automation
Savings

6. Why? Advanced Desktop Management
The “Old Way of doing Business” the 24 x 7 Computer
Why?
We have critical updates
Anti-virus
Microsoft
Other applications…
Wake on LAN doesn’t always work
Our clients don’t like to wait for updates when they start their computer in the morning

7. Intel vPro Advanced Desktop Management Simplification and Automation
Centralized advanced power management
2) Put them to bed at night and wake them up in the morning
- Automation with Intel-vPro and Symantec-Altiris 1
Shutdown message sent at 10:30PM to all lab systems 2
If system updates are available 2a
Wake up systems, verify and prep (DeepFreeze) 2b
Updates are applied 2c
Shutdown systems 3
Wake up lab systems before classes start 4
Receive verification reports

8. Advanced Desktop Management
“Show me the Money”
Year Baseline – FY 2008
Annual Cost
Carbon
Equivalent to driving
QTY
Electric/Cooling
Footprint (Lbs)
driving (miles)
Laptops
1,000
$ ,140
106,000
105,000
Desktops - standard systems
11,000
$ ,720
1,617,000
1,595,000
vPro Enabled systems - $
vPro Advance Power Mgt -Pilot
Baseline costs
12,000
$ 814,860
1,723,000
1,700,000
3 Year Phased in Approach
Traditional PC
Annual cost $ 69.52
Carbon footprint lbs
Equivalent to driving miles
Intel vPro – DC7900/E8400
Annual cost $ 50.14
Carbon footprint lbs
Equivalent to driving miles
Intel vPro – add advanced power mgt
Annual cost $ 19.38
Carbon footprint 60 lbs
Equivalent to driving 59 miles
Year 1 – FY 2009
Annual Cost
Carbon
Equivalent to driving
QTY
Electric/Cooling
Footprint (Lbs)
driving (miles)
Laptops
1,500
$ ,210
159,000
157,500
Desktops - standard systems
7,500
$ ,400
1,102,500
1,087,500
vPro Enabled systems
2,750
$ ,885
291,500
288,750
vPro Advance Power Mgt -Pilot
250
$ ,845
15,000
14,750
Total 2009
12,000
$ ,340
1,568,000
1,548,500
Savings over base year
$ ,520
155,000
151,500

9. Show me the Money – 3 year projection
Advanced Desktop Management
Show me the Money – 3 year projection
Year Baseline
Annual Cost
Carbon
Equivalent to
QTY
Electric/Cooling
Footprint (Lbs)
driving (miles)
Baseline costs
12,000
$ ,860
1,723,000
1,700,000
Year 1 - FY 2009
Total 2009
$ 739,340
1,568,000
1,548,500
Savings over base year
$ ,520
155,000
151,500
Year 2 - FY 2010
Total 2010
$ 515,710
1,185,500
1,170,000
Savings over last year
$ ,630
382,500
378,500
$ ,150
537,500
530,000
Year 3 - FY 2011
Total 2011
$ 370,980
927,000
915,000
$ ,730
258,500
255,000
Savings over base year
$ ,880
796,000
785,000

10. Show me the Money – Total Savings Formula
Advanced Desktop Management
Show me the Money – Total Savings Formula
Saving on Annual Cost over time (3 Years)
TAC (Baseline) – TAC (Year 1) = Savings for Y1,
TAC (Baseline) – TAC (Year 2) = Savings for Y2,
TAC (Baseline) – TAC (Year 3) = Savings for Y3
Total Savings = Y1+Y2+Y3

11. Show me the Money – Total Savings
Advanced Desktop Management
Show me the Money – Total Savings
Saving on Annual Cost over time (3 Years)
TAC (Baseline) – TAC (Year 1) = Savings for Y1,
$814,860 - $739,340 = $75,520
TAC (Baseline) – TAC (Year 2) = Savings for Y2,
$814,860 - $515,710 = $299,150
TAC (Baseline) – TAC (Year 3) = Savings for Y3
$814,860 - $370,980 = $443,880
Total Savings = Y1+Y2+Y3
$818,550 = $75,520 + $299,150 + $443,880

12. Defining “Green IT” – Data Center
Going Green – Data Centers
High Availability (5-nines)
Design – Power/Cooling
Virtualization
Savings

13. The New “High Availability & Green” Design
Going Green – Data Centers
The New “High Availability & Green” Design
Redundant Internet Connections
Redundant WAN core
Redundant
main data facilities and
Storage
Redundant main data facilities and storage
Virtualized campus instructional data centers

14. Note: does not include cooling savings
Going Green – Data Centers
The most Challenging and Complex part of our Green Initiative
LSC has created new standards and policies for our 14 Data Centers throughout the system. The main focus is the conversion and consolidation of physical servers to virtual servers, advanced power management and high density blade servers.
Objectives
VM First Policy
New VM Farms
Consolidation
System data centers
New System Data Center
Campus and center data centers
Storage Virtualization
Challenge
We design for, and measure performance base on
Service Availability
Instructional Data Center Savings
12 Instructional data centers
Average power savings per year $8,884.96
Total projected savings per year $106,619.52
Note: does not include cooling savings

15. Going Green – Data Centers
New LSCS – Data Center (co-location design)
LSC is renovating a data center built in 1998 to meet both our “High Availability” and “Green” requirements.
Power
Rethinking Power Distribution
High Efficiency UPS
Cooling
Heat Management
Water Cooling
High efficiency and targeted cooling
Floor plan and Rack Density Planning
Data Center Research and Planning Resources

16. Savings over Traditional Hardware
Going Green – Data Centers
Virtualization
VM First Policy - ELA
Significant benefits in savings and availability
Site and Disaster Recovery
Our VM Farm
2 – HP C- Class Blade enclosures
12 – BL460’s dedicated to the farm
Average consolidation ratio 20:1
High Availability design and data center co-location
Increased capacity and flexibility
Savings over Traditional Hardware
$630,000
ACTIVE - ACTIVE or ACTIVE - PASSIVE
VM Power Savings
300 virtualized servers
Average cost per server per year $1,103
Projected 70 savings per year Total $231,789
Note: does not include cooling savings

17. Campus and Center – Data Center Consolidation
Going Green – Data Centers
Campus and Center – Data Center Consolidation
Campuses
Present State
20-75 physical servers
5-20 TB storage
Future State
C-Class “Shorty”
Virtualization
Servers (capacity 80)
LeftHand networks storage (virtualized)
Instructional Centers
Present State
5-10 physical servers
2- 4 TB storage
Future State
2 DL 360’s
Virtualization
Servers (capacity 20)
LeftHand networks storage (virtualized)
High Availability

18. Data Center Consolidation
Going Green – Data Centers
Data Center Consolidation
Transition to
Blade servers
Storage Virtualization
Simplified hardware deployment
Savings Projected
Based on 50 server deployment
$132,000 per year
$660,520 over the 5 year life expectancy
Third party model, methodology and data provided by:

19. The New “High Availability & Green” Design
Going Green – Data Centers
The New “High Availability & Green” Design
“Show me the Money”
Setup Cost
$3,200,000
Projected Savings (3yr)
$4,020,044
ROI - $820,044 by year 3
Benefits
High Availability Design
Data Center Energy Savings of $428,978 per year
What doesn’t this presentation include?

20. Special Thanks to
Link Alander

21. Wrapping it up Key objectives of our Green Initiative reached
Social Responsibility – Doing the right thing!
Fiscal Responsibility – Doing it the right way!
Savings – 3 year
Desktop Management $818,550
Server Design ROI $820,044
Energy Savings Server Farm $428,978
Total Savings $2,067,572

22. Questions? What’s Next? Client Systems Green Data Projector Management
Advanced Printer Management
AMT – Dead State Management
Thin clients – Virtual PCs