Date of Award
5-2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School
College of Science and Mathematics
Department/Program
Earth and Environmental Studies
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Aparna S. Varde
Committee Member
Robert W. Taylor
Committee Member
Edward Chapel
Committee Member
Anand Ranganathan
Abstract
The objective of this dissertation is developing more energy efficient data centers while focusing on the environment as well as meeting the increasing computing needs. Reliability of data centers will be the number one priority for management; however, the focus will be to implement a design by incorporating free cooling, applying thermal profiling, utilizing data mining, and continuing virtualization to create more efficient green data centers that are good for the environment. Since the fall of 2009, electrical consumption patterns were measured in the main data center for the servers and the air-conditioners at Montclair State University (MSU) to quantify the carbon footprint and the electrical costs. An important outcome of this work is to build a Decision Support System (DSS) for green computing in data centers. A DSS is a computer based application to assist in providing solutions with respect to decision-making to multifaceted problems. In summary, building on our measurements, the objective is to design a DSS for data centers to enhance energy efficiency, reduce the carbon footprint, and promote sustainability science across disciplines.
Recommended Citation
Pawlish, Michael Joseph, "Modeling A Green Decision Support System for Data Center Sustainability" (2014). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 65.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/65