Creating the most energy efficient and cost-effective data center requires understanding how compute capacity relates to energy usage and costs. The SatoriAnalytics platform automates the process of metering and analyzing compute capacity and aligning that capacity and utilization with IT infrastructure and energy costs. Comprehensive and actionable reports provide financial and emissions data to help IT and finance drive a sustainability program that reduces costs and emissions while meeting IT Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

SatoriAnaltyics Platform Offerings

SatoriAnalytics provides an objective measurement of the energy efficiency of a physical or virtual server by metering and normalizing compute capacity using the patent-pending Computing Resource Unit (CRU) and relating it to energy usage.

With this information, SatoriAnalytics can help IT choose the most energy-efficient and cost- effective servers during the procurement cycle, then provide ongoing metering and analysis of their existing data center to reduce ongoing operations and energy costs. With advanced business capacity planning and chargeback capabilities, IT can effectively allocate energy and data infrastructure costs by server, application, or business unit.

Benefits of the SatoriAnalytics Approach to Green IT

Data center energy costs can significantly impact a company's profitability. Managing the financial risks associated with fluctuating energy costs requires a detailed understanding of the actual energy usage and how that relates to business services. SatoriAnalytics offers the following benefits:

• Comprehensive approach that begins during procurement and carries through ongoing operations, enabling IT to choose the right systems up front and the best way to consolidate their existing data centers to save money and energy.
• Support for heterogeneous server environments , including Windows, Linux, UNIX, and virtual servers, supplying a single platform for IT economics and sustainability.
• Actionable reports on normalized energy (Watt/CRU), cooling efficiency (BTU/CRU), and energy efficiency per virtual machine (Watt/VM) and cooling efficiency per virtual machine (BTU/VM) that support financial decision-making and chargeback initiatives.
• What-if scenario planning to compare the financial and CO₂ emission impact between different server hardware and software options.

Actionable Reports on Normalized Energy Efficiency and Costs

IDC estimates that power costs will equal server capital costs by 2012 and today many companies have already reached this threshold. Understanding energy usage by server resource consumption and charging back business units based on actual usage can help IT and finance better understand the relationship between energy costs and business services. The SatoriAnalytics platform enables IT to bill business users based on:

• Energy used (Watt/CRU)
• Cooling used (BTU/CRU)
• Energy used per virtual machine (kWatt/VM) and cooling per virtual machine (BTU/VM)

This information helps IT, finance, and the business units, not only accurately measure and allocate costs, but provides the data for IT energy cost reduction and sustainability programs.