What is Green hosting and computer?

green hosting is using methods such as renewable energy and less powerful servers. any practice that can lessen the damage hosting does to the environment.

i'm starting to think that websites don't have to be up all of the time, therefore helping the environment. they could be like shops - open for a certain number of hours each day. i don't know if this would actually work - it's just a theory. would people accept that or do they want it 24/7.

The idea behind green hosting is a simple one. They promise that their company in a whole (counting the servers they are hosting on) do not negatively impact the environment. Green Web Hosting has become a major consideration over the last couple of years, and due to the already massive and still increasing global energy demands of the IT industry, green energy web hosting is here to stay.

The whole point to a site is having is open 24/7 which allows company to operate on a global scale.

As far as hosting the actual site goes, people can choose a VPS provider that is hosted on an energy efficient server. This allows them to only subscribe for the resources they currently need and not waste energy on resources they 'may' need in the future. In terms of hardware, they should choose a provider that is using some of the latest technology as the power to energy ratio always seems to be increasing and that is always a better way to preserve the energy - using it more efficiently.

The whole point to a site is having is open 24/7 which allows company to operate on a global scale.

Yes, you're right. But what if it comes down to a choice between the environment and 24/7 uptime. Although I doubt it will come to this, we may not have a choice.

green hosting with using minimum power, eco material for any component but not cut their features

As google said few years ago, their are using green hosting too...
But truth is that they are using lake water where fishes are diyng

As I understand, some hosting companies called themselves "Green" because they bought "renewable energy credits" from companies generating green electricity i.e. windmills. Electricity generated is released to the general electricity grid. What the hosting companies did was they access their overall electricity consumption and then bought the equivalent or more credits. So indirectly, they are supporting renewable energy.

What is Green hosting and computer?

This is Green Hosting


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ne4mDDdMc&feature=player_embedded#

I understand how going with a Virtual Server would be considered Green but aren't you sacrificing a lot of performance in the process?

In the most cases that is connected to the power supply... But in general that is being used as marketing label only

What is Green hosting and computer?

There is no such thing as "Green hosting" or computers.

As cyberdigi said many hosts purchase renewable energy certificates and carbon offsets to become green, although carbon neutral would be more accurate. By doing this the host must calculate their power consumption and pay to offset it through companies that fund projects like methane digesters, wind farms, hydroelectric, etc...

The truth of the matter is without something like this going green would be very hard as you cant really slap a solar panel ontop of a server and the number of totally green data centers are slim to non.

I think green hosting is just a marketing idea. This thing are available from 2-3 years, the same period when the electric car and hybrid engines was more promoted.

Anyway, wind energy and alternate power resources are better than oil based energies.

Green hosting has nothing to do with server management, business and websites running know-hows :)

Green or in other words Eco-friendly website hosting is a recent addition to the field of website hosting. Here the hosting company are attempting to prove that they are not having any negative impact on the environment.

The best example taking google into consideration is the blackle.com. Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black.

I understand how going with a Virtual Server would be considered Green but aren't you sacrificing a lot of performance in the process?

Two major groups of people that rely on physical servers are those that have outgrown shared environments or want extra resources in-case they're needed. Both of these groups end up wasting incredible amounts of power keeping a single servers online under 10% utilization. This is one large areas that virtualization helps reduce the effects of technology on the environment.

Hosting will always have some impact on our environment. We all just need to work toward reducing it.

Is it good for my business or not as using minimum power.

Many web hosting providers are turning green nowadays as more people are turning to renewable energy to save the environment web providers have to adapt themself if they want to gain more customers and don't loose existing ones.

I heard they built a large datacentre in Island with all natural cooling (it's cold in that country most of time anyway).

Also, IBM was talking about a "worldwide grid" where information is hosted in different datacentres around the globe which "turn on" as the night approaches in that place. That way, it only uses "off peak" energy etc.

There are a few very interesting ideas out there.

GM

I think green hosting is just a marketing idea. This thing are available from 2-3 years, the same period when the electric car and hybrid engines was more promoted.

Anyway, wind energy and alternate power resources are better than oil based energies.

Bingo... It's marketing fluff... The added benefits and results of using greener power supplies, servers, and reducing our overall energy consumption is still there of course. Its not a bad thing, but its certainly not about feeling good and saving the environment. Its marketed that way, but the reality is that is more about bringing costs down to the consumer and the provider in terms of energy usage.

I heard they built a large datacentre in Island with all natural cooling (it's cold in that country most of time anyway).

Also, IBM was talking about a "worldwide grid" where information is hosted in different datacentres around the globe which "turn on" as the night approaches in that place. That way, it only uses "off peak" energy etc.

There are a few very interesting ideas out there.

GM

I believe you mean Iceland. Don't think data-center is actually built yet, but with the recent completion of the DANICE fiber submarine cable, Iceland is starting to have enough connectivity to support some interesting possibilities for colocation and data services.

Further information on this project may be found here: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/01/18/iceland-gets-major-data-center-project/

Bingo... It's marketing fluff... The added benefits and results of using greener power supplies, servers, and reducing our overall energy consumption is still there of course. Its not a bad thing, but its certainly not about feeling good and saving the environment. Its marketed that way, but the reality is that is more about bringing costs down to the consumer and the provider in terms of energy usage.

Precisely. A "green consulting firm" was going around and convincing all the web hosting companies to "go green" as a mere marketing ploy. It'd cost them maybe 1% of revenue to buy the necessary RECs but it would provide a much larger boost in sales, making it "profitable" to go green.

There are many ways to reduce power consumption with hosting. Two major ways are:

1. Using virtualization on new hardware. You can turn one new-age Xeon CPU into 2 virtual servers that provide the same performance as 2 physical xeons from 3-4 years ago. (Power savings of up to 50% right there)

2. Using high efficiency power supplies. I personally love Antec power supplies and I have been using 80 PLUS certified through them for years now and can say power savings just by using these is up to 20%.

I was confused about this also but I've got it now thanks to all.

Implementing all the ideas of renewable energy and other power cuts Green Hosting can be seen as Future of Web World

In most cases it is just marketing fluff, but that's anot always the case.... Check out www.aiso.net (http://www.aiso.net) for a truly green data centre ;)

It's all in vain. Expensive and foolish idea

There are a few of well known green data-centers in Europe, such as EvoSwitch in Amsterdam, which is 100% carbon neutral and utilizes green energy. It is also a state-of-the-art data-center.. EvoSwitch shows it is possible to be green and stilll provide very advanced features at a reasonable cost.

See: http://www.evoswitch.com/en/climate-neutral for more details.

I my opinion, a full scale green datacenter is not yet reasonable from a cost point of view. Small scale might be the answer.

Hi,

I think green hosting is a good consept but it is too expensive to be setup.
I calculated green power suply (wind energy + solar) for our company and we came into a result that, a cost involved setting up green power sorce is eqaul to runing a company with tredition power supply for next 10 year here in INDIA.

Hi,

I think green hosting is a good consept but it is too expensive to be setup.
I calculated green power suply (wind energy + solar) for our company and we came into a result that, a cost involved setting up green power sorce is eqaul to runing a company with tredition power supply for next 10 year here in INDIA.

Keep in mind that green hosting does not mean you have to have a green power source. Green hosting can consist of consuming less energy and creating less waste.

Using greener power supplies as a for instance can reduce your power consumption and over all cost.

Going paperless can keep from consuming more renewable resources, and filling landfills.

There's a lot you can do to qualify as a green host, the least of which has to do with producing green power!

I think green hosting is just a marketing idea. This thing are available from 2-3 years, the same period when the electric car and hybrid engines was more promoted.

Anyway, wind energy and alternate power resources are better than oil based energies.

Yes, you're absolutely right. But what if it comes down to a choice between the environment and 24/7 uptime. Although I doubt it will come to this, we may not have a choice........
thanks for nice sharing....

regards....

kajal