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6.0 OCIO Impact Matrix
6.2.3 Consolidation
USDA OCIO consolidation efforts are underway across
the enterprise and can be seen as a recurring theme in
many OCIO efforts. The OCIO is fully committed to
consolidating physical locations and IT equipment in order
to reduce duplication across USDA, increase efficiencies,
and enable a service-on-demand IT enterprise. Through
consolidation, OCIO plans to reduce USDA’s energy
consumption and carbon footprint.
te c h n i q u e: re d u c t i o n o f itc equipment.
me a s u re: in v e n t o r y o f p h y s i c a l servers, s t o r a g e,
a n d related equipment b e f o r e a n d after
p h y s i c a l c o n s o l i d a t i o n.
te c h n i q u e: ph y s i c a l l y m o v i n g scattered itc
equipment f r o m i n e ff i c i e n t d a t a centers,
o f f i c e spaces, n e t closets, etc.
me a s u re: compute d e c re a s e in energy
c o n s u m p t i o n W h e n itc equipment h a s
been m o v e d f r o m scattered l o c a t i o n s.
ta k e t h e a g g r e g a t e a m o u n t in d e c re a s e
in energy c o n s u m p t i o n f r o m a l l
l o c a t i o n s a n d s u b t r a c t f r o m it t h e
c u m u l a t i v e i n c re a s e in energy
c o n s u m p t i o n a t t h e edc l o c a t i o n s.
me a s u re: compute d e c re a s e in re n t d u e to
transfer o f itc equipment to edc
l o c a t i o n s a n d/o r c o m p u t e t h e delta
betWeen u s i n g t h e f l o o r s p a c e f o r other
o f f i c e n e e d s a s opposed to u s i n g t h e
s p a c e a s a d a t a center.
te c h n i q u e: re d u c e security systems a n d u s e
integrated security system a n d
s t r u c t u re.
Supporting Environmentally Responsible Technology at USDA
Physical Data Center Consolidation
Consolidating data centers and moving scattered IT
equipment to Enterprise Data Centers (EDCs) drastically
lowers electricity costs and decreases CO 2 emissions.
These efforts also increase IT security capabilities, reduce
Information Technology and Communications (ITC)
equipment, and provide more organizational flexibility.
EDCs are designed and constructed according to modern
infrastructure and power supply needs, optimized cooling
techniques, and efficient floor layouts. Because these
concepts are incorporated into EDCs, more scalability and
organizational flexibility is enabled. These capabilities are
important in mitigating business risk as USDA’s missioncritical
applications are constantly evolving. EDC’s provide
the platform to meet USDA’s expanding processing and
storage needs while reducing USDA’s carbon footprint
through advances in IT.
me a s u re: nu m b e r o f security systems b e f o r e
c o n s o l i d a t i o n to n u m b e r after
c o n s o l i d a t i o n.
me a s u re: se c u r i t y deployment u n i f o r m i t y a c ro s s
d a t a centers.
te c h n i q u e: utilize i d l e, poWer d o W n , h i b e r n a t e, a n d
deep poWer d o W n energy m a n a g e m e n t
t e c h n i q u e s a n d t e c h n o l o g y to e n s u re
poWer s c a l e s d o W n W h e n c o m p u t i n g
poWer is n o t needed.
me a s u re: ba s e l i n e poWer u s a g e - m e a s u re u s a g e
a s poWer m a n a g e m e n t t e c h n i q u e s a n d
t e c h n o l o g i e s a re deployed.
te c h n i q u e: im p r o v e netWork provisioning to meet
usda c o m m u n i c a t i o n n e e d s a n d
business delivery by d e t e r m i n i n g t h e
appropriate level o f netWork c a p a c i t y
f o r usda e n d user g r o u p s/o f f i c e s.
me a s u re: nu m b e r o f e n d user/o f f i c e g r o u p s
converted to revitalized provisioning
s t r u c t u re.
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