The Agency-level Utilization Improvement Metrics are a collection of best industry practices in assessing various aspects of Data Center Utilization – from Virtualization and Server / Rack Space Utilization to Power Usage Efficiency. The Typical and Target Results listed in the table below represent broad industry findings and shall serve as overall utilization benchmark guidance to the Agencies. The actual Agency Utilization Metrics will be filled-out by the Agencies via their Asset Inventory Baseline analysis, as described in detail in Appendix A. Improving IT equipment utilization is the key driver for reducing energy consumption per unit of performance. This can be achieved primarily by: Server Virtualization (increasing the number of virtual servers per hosts) Server Consolidation (decommissioning underutilized physical servers) Rack Space Consolidation (reallocating underutilized racks) Data Center Facilities Consolidation (shutting down underutilized facilities) The table below offers standardized average utilization metrics to support Data Center Consolidation decision making. The Agency-Wide Utilization Plan is the second key component of the Agency Data Center Consolidation plan. Agencies need to provide baseline values (as of 4Q10) for their utilization metrics and incremental annual target projections thereafter. It is also based on the Initial Asset Inventory Baseline Template and reflects the work of the Agencies in improving their Data Center, Rack and Server utilization metrics, as well as PUE, Energy Usage and Virtualization:
The Agency-level Utilization Improvement Metrics are a collection of best industry practices in assessing various aspects of Data Center Utilization – from Virtualization and Server / Rack Space Utilization to Power Usage Efficiency. The Typical and Target Results listed in the table below represent broad industry findings and shall serve as overall utilization benchmark guidance to the Agencies. The actual Agency Utilization Metrics will be filled-out by the Agencies via their Asset Inventory Baseline analysis, as described in detail in Appendix A. Improving IT equipment utilization is the key driver for reducing energy consumption per unit of performance. This can be achieved primarily by: Server Virtualization (increasing the number of virtual servers per hosts) Server Consolidation (decommissioning underutilized physical servers) Rack Space Consolidation (reallocating underutilized racks) Data Center Facilities Consolidation (shutting down underutilized facilities) The table below offers standardized average utilization metrics to support Data Center Consolidation decision making. The Agency-Wide Utilization Plan is the second key component of the Agency Data Center Consolidation plan. Agencies need to provide baseline values (as of 4Q10) for their utilization metrics and incremental annual target projections thereafter. It is also based on the Initial Asset Inventory Baseline Template and reflects the work of the Agencies in improving their Data Center, Rack and Server utilization metrics, as well as PUE, Energy Usage and Virtualization: