The incessant growth of data, the rising energy costs linked to powering and cooling data centers, and the fact that some areas of major cities have reached the ceiling of available power, means that IT directors are demanding innovative products to serve their users and grow their business in an energy-neutral manner.
GreenBytes GB-X appliances can facilitate the removal of less efficient legacy storage and reduce or remove the use of tape as an individual GreenBytes installation can effectively store multiple petabytes of data online while consuming the power equivalent of approximately eight light bulbs.
Our customers are experiencing real, significant savings because of their decision to purchase a high-performance, energy-efficient inline deduplication data storage solution from GreenBytes.
Let me give you an example:
Company:
US-based provider of health insurance and medical services with 50+ offices
Storage Requirement:
iSCSI storage for general file storage in virtualized server environment; NAS (CIFS) storage for records storage used by field offices; NAS (CIFS) storage used for disk backup of data.
250 TB of primary and backup data stored in main data center and off-site disaster recovery (DR) location; 10 TB of primary and backup data stored at small additional location.
GreenBytes Solution:
GB-4000 with expansion; GB-2000 with expansion; GB-1000
780 Watts total energy usage
Alternate Solution Considered:
Major USA storage manufacturer/brand
8500 Watts total energy usage
Energy Savings Using GreenBytes: 7720 Watts
Cost Savings Per Year (at $.08/KWhr): US $5,410/Year
CO2 Savings Using GreenBytes Storage (at 1.341 pounds of CO2/KWhr, US Dept Energy average): 90,688 pounds of CO2
The use of GreenBytes by this one customer is the approximate equivalent in CO2 savings of taking approximately seven cars off the road for an entire year (assuming: 19.4 lbs of CO2/gallon of gas, 19.4 miles/gallon, 12,850 miles/year driven).
So, the ‘Green’ in GreenBytes means saving money, and the planet. Good for Mother Nature, and good for your bottom line!
