Powering a Data Center Network via Renewable Energy: A Green Testbed

Author

Kim-Khoa Nguyen ; Cheriet, Mohamed ; Lemay, Mathieu ; Savoie, M. ; Ho, Byron

Author_Institution

Ecole de Technol. Super., Univ. of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2013

Firstpage

40

Lastpage

49

Abstract

Today´s information and communications technology (ICT) services emit an increasing amount of greenhouse gases. Carbon footprint models can enable research into ICT energy efficiency and carbon reduction. The GreenStar Network (GSN) testbed is a prototype wide-area network of data centers powered by renewable energy sources. Through their work developing the GSN, the authors have researched fundamental aspects of green ICT such as virtual infrastructure, unified management of compute, network, power, and climate resources, smart power control, and a carbon assessment protocol.

Keywords

air pollution; computer centres; computer network management; energy conservation; power aware computing; renewable energy sources; wide area networks; GSN testbed; GreenStar network testbed; ICT energy efficiency; ICT services; carbon assessment protocol; carbon footprint models; carbon reduction; climate resource management; data center network; greenhouse gases; information and communication technology services; prototype wide-area network; renewable energy sources; smart power control; unified computer network management; unified power management; virtual infrastructure; Green products; Information technology; Internet; Renewable energy resources; Servers; Smart grids; Switching circuits; Telecommunication services; GreenStar Network; cloud computing; green ICT; green testbed; zero-carbon network;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2012.125

Filename

6415916