It’s a beautiful, sunny day in San Jose, a fitting reminder of the amazing planet we celebrate today. To me, every day is earth day, because for now at least, this is our home. We can treat it well, or we can treat it with less than total regard. It’s our choice.
On this blog, we talk a great deal about greening the data center through reducing your storage footprint. This, in fact, is the rallying cry of our parent, Ocarina Networks. True, “Green IT” has become a bit of a buzzword these days, but without it, we are heading into a downward spiral of waste and overuse of natural resources.
Some nice pieces today that take a look at the advancements in Green IT:
Earth Day: The Best of Green IT – ChannelWeb
This slideshow covers the innovations in greener data center equipment from just about all the major vendors, including IBM, HDS, HP, NetApp, and many others. It also discusses the important contribution that deduplication is making to the goal of reducing power, cooling, and materials. (Thanks @SamMoulton for that tip.)
Do Something with Nothing – Storagebod’s Blog
While perhaps not intended as a specifically “green” sentiment, Martin Glassborow’s post today on his Storagebod blog gets into a topic that is sometimes overlooked in discussions: deciding if you can get away with buying less storage. Sound and very simple advice.
Cisco Launches Carbon Emissions Map, First in San Francisco – Earth2Tech
Just in time for Earth Day, Cisco announced it will launch an “Urban EcoMap.” This web-based mapping tool will provide up-to-date data on emissions and other environmental factors for the city of San Francisco. To me, this is more symbolic than anything else, but may increase awareness of some of the more hidden types of emissions – i.e. it’s not just cars, guys.
Hope you’re able to get out there and enjoy a little of what this amazing planet has to offer.
