Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative
Goals The goals of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative are to assist agencies in identifying their existing data center assets and to formulate consolidation plans that include a technical roadmap and consolidation targets. The Initiative aims to address the growth of data centers and assist agencies in leveragi ing best practices from the public and private sector to: Promote the use of Green IT by reducing the overall energy and real estate footprint of government data centers; Reduce the cost of data center hardware, software and operations; Increase the overall llit security post ture of the government; and, Shift IT investments to more efficient computing gplatforms and technologies. 2
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative 800 After an 8 month peer review process, we now know that the government is operating and maintaining almost 2,100 data centers. Through hthe FD CCI, a minimum i of 800 data centers will be closed by 2015. 3
Inventory Current Inventory = 3,133 4
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative New Goal 1 1200 Moving forward, the government s goal will be to close at least 40% of identified data centers, consistent with our original consolidation goal. That means we ll be looking to consolidate at least 1200 data centers by the end of 2015 5
Status Agencies closed 215 data cente ers in 2011 Agencies plan to close 525 data centers by the end of 2012 Agencies plan to close 1,080 data centers by the end of 2015 6
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative It s not about closing data centers. It s about rationalizing a very underutilized dit infrastructure t 7
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative Rob Wolborsky, chief technology officer of ft the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, said a recent survey of 30 data centers shows some use as little as 2 percent of their server capacity. 8
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative Optimization i i Higher Density Racks/square foot Watts/square foot Increased Virtualization Increase server utilization Increase number of servers hosting virtual OS s Increase number of OS s on host server rs More efficient PUE 9
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative Data Center Consolid dation Task kforce The overall scope of the Task kforce is to serve as the central group for collaboration, guiding, identifying, and disseminating key pieces of information, solutions and processes that will help the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI). This Task Force will coordinate across Government Agencies in support of the overall Initiative. 10
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative Executive Sponsors Richard Spires DHS Chief Information Officer Bernard Mazer DOI Chief Information Officer 11
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Government-wide Marketplace 2. Create a government-wide marketplace for data center availability Within the next 18 months, OMB and GSA willl create a government-wide marketplace that better utilizes spare capacity within operational data centers. This online marketplace will match agencies with extra capacity to agencies with increasing demand, thereby improving the utilization of existing facilities. The marketplace will help agencies with available capacity promote their available data center space. Once agencies have a clear sense of the existing capacity landscape, they can make more informed consolidation decisions 13
Industry Day Presentations Preparing the Receiving Data Center for Consolidation Jim Steven, Deputy Associate CIO for Data Centers, USDA Leveraging Cloud Services David Harrity, Network Services Branch Chief, Department of Education Migration Planning, and Execution David Updike, Acting Director, EPA National Computer Center Tools for Tracking and Managing Inventories Tim Schmidt, CTO, DOT Tools for Mapping Applications Bruce Downs, Federal Lead and Program Manage er, Data Center Consolidation, DOI Energy Efficiency Assessment Jake Wooley, Program Manager, IT Sustainability y, OCIO, DOE 14
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Successs Story 6,750 square feet reduced $1.7M annua al operating cost avoidance 10% power reduction Collocation Agencies are already reaping the savings and se ervice improvements as a result of consolidating brick and mortar data centers and shifting to the cloud. By consolidating two of its major data centers this past year, the Census Bureau was able to close a contractor- Bureau will avoid $1.7 million in annual operated 6,570 square foot facility. The Censuss operating costs starting in 2012. Simultaneously, Census is busy enhancing its remaining facilities and now hosts data center services for the International Trade Administration (ITA), another part of the Department of Commerce, and offers co-location and hosting services to extend opportunities for efficiencies to other gov vernment agencies. When combined with robust uses of virtualization and cloud technologies, Census has reduced the data center power consumption of all its data centers by 10 percent. 16
Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative cio.gov/fdcci 17
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