Sustainable optimization of your IT-Infrastructure

Putting on the green glasses with BVQ°

13.12.2024 - Team BVQ°

 

Data centers are the backbone of our digital world. But while they drive digital transformation, they also significantly contribute to energy consumption - despite improvements in hardware and software efficiency. With growing demands and increasing data volumes, it’s more important than ever not only to monitor energy usage but also to identify and optimize inefficient resources.

BVQ° custom rules

One of BVQ°’s most valuable features is the ability to define individual custom rules. These tailored rules allow you to address the specific requirements of your data center, set thresholds and activate alerts accordingly.

 

For example, you can create rules that automatically highlight energy-intensive storage solutions or inefficient virtual machines (VMs). A rule might identify VMs whose energy consumption is disproportionately high or low compared to their actual resource usage. These data-driven insights enable targeted actions – efficient, sustainable and always aligned with your needs.

Dashboards that enable action

Energy consumption data alone often provides only limited insights. BVQ° makes a difference by translating this data into clearly understandable, use-case-based dashboards. 

 

These dashboards offer a direct overview and derive concrete optimization opportunities.

A practical example 

The VMware VM Optimize CPU Dashboard from BVQ° (see blog post from 15.09.2024) displays all virtual machines with CPU usage below defined thresholds:
<5%, <20%, and <40%. This leads to clear action steps:

  • VMs with <5% CPU usage: Often so-called “zombie VMs” that no longer serve an active purpose.
    Action: Shut down or delete to save energy and free up resources.
  • VMs with <20% CPU usage: Typically oversized VMs using more resources than needed.
    Action: Scale down to smaller instances to improve efficiency.
  • VMs with <40% CPU usage: Lightly loaded systems that may be optimized.
    Action: Consolidate workloads onto fewer host systems to free or shut down others.

This approach not only saves energy but also reduces hardware strain and extends its lifecycle - another contribution to sustainability.

Proactive Sustainability

With BVQ°, sustainability becomes a strategic, ongoing approach rather than a one-time initiative. Long-term trends - such as steadily increasing energy consumption despite stable workloads - can be identified and addressed.
 

The ability to detect such developments early opens new opportunities: resources can be used more effectively, energy consumption can be sustainably reduced and operating costs lowered.

Sustainable IT starts with the right tools

The digital world of tomorrow demands greater efficiency and lower resource consumption. With BVQ°, companies not only gain a clear view of their infrastructure but also the right tools to make their IT more sustainable. From identifying inefficient systems to actionable optimization and historical data analysis - BVQ° provides IT departments with everything they need to contribute to a greener, more resource-conscious future - without compromising performance. By reviewing historical data, valuable insights can be gained to support forward-looking planning and sustainable decision-making.

Now is the time to put on the green glasses and start the sustainable transformation of your IT infrastructure.