Project context and scope

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1 Project context and scope Cat McAlister Intertek PLC Ecodesign Technical Assistance Study on Standards for Enterprise Servers and Data Storage (Lot 9) 1 Final Stakeholder Meeting Monday, 25th April 2016

2 Aims European Commission study, led by Intertek, with the following aims: To provide technical assistance to support standardisation-related tasks for Lot 9 products (enterprise servers and data centre storage). To facilitate establishment of standards (or where necessary, transitional methods) for measuring: The energy efficiency of servers (especially rack but also blade) The energy efficiency of data storage devices [to support implementing measures on Lot 9 products, should the Commission decide to proceed with policy measures]. 2

3 Scope of this study Enterprise Servers as Task 7 preparatory study: Computer servers according to the definition of the ENERGY STAR specification for computer servers (version 2.0), Modular and having different form factors, Marketed and sold through enterprise channels. Not specifically addressing: Those intended for private end-users (domestic) or embedded (machinery) applications Highly customised / mission-critical equipment - mainframes, high performance computer systems, resilient servers, server appliances. 3

4 Scope of this study Enterprise Storage Storage products according to the definition of the ENERGY STAR specifications for data centre storage equipment (version 1.0) Marketed and sold through enterprise channels Not including: Private (domestic) and portable data storage products, computer servers, computers with storage capacities, and network equipment. Specialist enterprise storage equipment such as Online 5 or 6. 4

5 Methodology An assessment of the need for standards via a gap analysis: Identification of parameters. Identification of existing initiatives, standards and gaps. Exploration of potential approaches to server energy efficiency metrics. Testing of servers to provide insights to standardisation processes. 5

6 Standards gap analysis Cat McAlister Intertek PLC Ecodesign Technical Assistance Study on Standards for Enterprise Servers and Data Storage (Lot 9) 6

7 Servers Standards currently available EN62075 AV ICT Environmentally conscious design EN62018 ICT power consumption measurement Others: EPRI ASHRAE TC9.9 ECMA 74 ISO 7779 Data Santisation PAS141 IEC TR NSF/ANSI 426 TEER/ATIS ATIS ITU L.1310 SPEC SERT ITU L. 13xx SPECpower ssj2008 ENERGY STAR servers ISO ISO / EN EN50600 CoC data centres ITU L

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9 Standards interactions Country / Region Standardisation Group Relevant initiatives Contact Europe CEN-CENELEC-ETSI coordination group on Green Data Centres (CG GDC) CLC/TC 215 JTC 1/SC 39 Mandate M/462 The Green Grid Teleconference Aug Project team and European Commission attendance and presentation at 13th April coordination group meeting in London United States US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR Teleconferences 1st September 2015 and 29th January Remote attendance and presentation at meeting on 19th November to discuss server developments and data analysis in relation to SERT and active mode. International SPEC SERT Teleconferences 6th July and 20th January. Attendance and presentation at European SPEC Symposium on 18th March Also included the set up of a Beta Testing programme (opportunity for stakeholders to try out SERT for free). China Korea CNIS Kemco Chinese server metric development Korean server metric development Meeting 14th September 2015 to discuss activities and potential for coordination s September 2015 and March

10 Gap analysis draft deliverable Any feedback? 10

11 Listing of standards draft deliverable Feedback on listing for servers? 11

12 Listing of standards draft deliverable 12

13 Listing of standards draft deliverable 13

14 Listing of standards draft deliverable 14

15 Listing of standards draft deliverable 15

16 Listing of standards draft deliverable 16

17 Listing of standards draft deliverable 17

18 Conclusions of standards analysis Standardisation area Server idle / active metric approach Storage idle / active metric approach Material efficiency considerations Observations SPEC and ENERGY STAR will continue working on this in EC input via EU-US ENERGY STAR agreement. Product complexity poses significant challenge to develop metrics. NSF/IEEE active on standards development, EU joint research centre on research. Key standards activities and expected delivery Lot 9 White Paper - energy efficiency metrics based upon the SERT rating tool: June 2016 ENERGY STAR Servers v3.0: early ISO / CENELEC EN KPIs: 2017 SNIA Emerald / ENERGY STAR Storage v2.0: post 2016 NSF 426/IEEE Standard for Servers is expected to be delivered in

19 Server metrics Anson Wu Intertek PLC Ecodesign Technical Assistance Study on Standards for Enterprise Servers and Data Storage (Lot 9) 19 Final Stakeholder Meeting Monday, 25th April 2016

20 Testing and next steps Cat McAlister Intertek PLC Ecodesign Technical Assistance Study on Standards for Enterprise Servers and Data Storage (Lot 9) 20 Final Stakeholder Meeting Monday, 25th April 2016

21 Server Testing Activity Collaborating with UK server / storage company Broadberry. Goal to address: Any key clarifications or refinements to current testing approaches. Variation with different product configurations: how to define testing approaches to ensure consistency in configurations and products placed on the market. Repeatability of results with the same sample to avoid inconsistencies. 21

22 Testing Set-up System Under Test Power Analyser Temperatur e sensor 22

23 Preliminary Testing Progress Learning curve: One successful SERT test run (11 hours, co-efficient of variation = difference between the SUT and baseline server higher than expected). Several partly successful SERT tests (listed with errors). Several tests failed, or failed to initialise. Currently undertaking additional runs on same sample to test repeatability. Partial test on hard drive worklet shows consistency, first and second run. 23

24 Full test and partial test - repeatability Full test Partial test 24

25 Next steps: finalise deliverables Ideally combine in one report Gap analysis report Standards listing Metric white paper Testing report 25

26 Next steps important dates All stakeholder final feedback needed by 13 th May 2016 End contract 6 th June Final deliverables published prior, and stakeholders informed. Investigation work will continue via the impact assessment contract, which ends in December Consultation forum preliminarily foreseen before the end of

27 THANK YOU! Catriona McAlister Consultant to Intertek Anson Wu Consultant to Intertek Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes Bucks, MK5 8NL T: