Sharpening Our Pencils on Carbon Measurement.pdf

1、Sharpening Our Pencils on Carbon Measurementrevision 3SustainabilitySharpening Our Pencils on Carbon MeasurementErik Riedel,PhDChief Engineering OfficerFlax ComputingThis talk will show that using carbon footprint as a common metric to assess a piece of computing equipment allows straightforward com

2、parison of technologies and designs on a“performance per carbon”basis,bringing together operational(energy use inputs)and scope 3(production&materials inputs)carbon,along with workload-aligned performance metrics to compare technologies and systems.Our proposed methodology to apply“carbon points”to

3、hardware components and systems can allow system-level,rack-level,and data-center-level quantification of detailed carbon footprints,which can then be optimized and reduced.You cannot improve what you cannot measure,and we believe that carbon footprint can be used today as a successful common metric

4、 for comparison.We will outline our database of footprint calculations and comparisons with real OCP systems,and we will review our success in bringing carbon-advantaged computing to OCP deployments in several real customer scenarios worldwide.AbstractOutlineAdvances in computing technology drive ha

5、rdware upgrade cyclesImportant to quantify the benefitsproposal:performance/carbonExample networking cardsExtending server life why it worksCall to actionTechnology Advance Drives UpgradesTechnology Constantly Advanceshardware,software,operations,applications,methods,methodologiesComputing Technolog

6、y has advanced in leaps&bounds.Makes sense to regularly consider updates&refreshes.Slide from my PhD thesis defense in 1999Today100G networkingPB storageTHz computingTB memory20228,640 TB storage480 spindles1,152 GHz compute122,880 GB memory76,800 W power$650,000 cost1999Detailed Example Networking