Data Center Update

November 5, 2010

Background

• Studies by Staggs and Fisher Consulting Engineers and Emerson Network Power confirm serious power and cooling limitations in the Miller IT Data Center

• Of 240kW available on the building transformer, approximately 114kW is available for additional IT systems

• Need short, medium, and long-term options• $308,000 provided to address issues• $850,000 NSF facilities upgrade and network grant

pending

Consultant recommendations

• Short-term MITC Improvements– Address Physical Issues (blanking panels,

organize cables, seal perimeter of room)– Organize and relocate racks– Add cold aisle containment– Reset temperature and humidity settings

• Add Cooling Capacity– In-row cooling for HPC and email systems

MITC Data Center Plans

• Create New Rack Standard– Integrated power monitoring– Top of rack network switching– In-row cooling– Overhead cable access

• Implement high density area for new systems• Add HPC Phase II• Consolidate enterprise systems• Consolidate LAN systems

Medium-Term Options

• Complete virtualization of eligible servers– Dramatically reduce number of servers– Reduce power consumption

• Utilize MedCenter3 data center– MOU still under negotiation– UofL occupying 1500 square feet– Nucleus has agreed to let us start moving in eqmt

• Issuing RFP for Co-location Services– Option to lease rack space for a few years

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New Data Center

• Need to find a long-term option• Looking for up to 5000 square feet of data

center space• Evaluating locations such as HSC,

ShelbyHurst, UofL Research Park, and others• Meeting with JRA Architects and Staggs and

Fisher Engineers• Investigating options for pre-fab data center

Questions?