| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.35 |
| Liaison | James Biesecker |
| Submission Date | Dec. 1, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Gettysburg College
IN-4: Innovation 4
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Jim
Biesecker Associate Vice President of Facilities Planning & Management Facilities Services |
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Gettysburg College’s Information Technology (IT) Department has been working on virtualizing the College’s servers for the past three years. Virtualizing servers allows three or four servers to run on a single machine. In comparison, typical servers each require its own machine. With fewer machines in server room, energy input and heat generation is greatly reduced.
Currently, Gettysburg College operates 130 physical servers (machines) with an additional 48 virtual servers utilizing those machines as well. Without the virtual servers, the College’s server machine count would be approximately 175.
As older server machines expire, and as companies allow, the IT Department virtualizes more and more servers, further reducing energy loss.
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
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