Data center optimization : progress, challenges and goals /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Strauss, Felix (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Snova, [2020]
Series:Computer science, technology and applications
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • Data Center Optimization: Agencies Need to Address Challenges and Improve Progress to Achieve Cost Savings Goal(
  • Why GAO Did This Study
  • What GAO Recommends
  • What GAO Found
  • Abbreviations
  • Background
  • OMB and the Federal CIO Established FDCCI
  • IT Acquisition Reform Law Enhanced Data Center Consolidation and Optimization Efforts
  • OMB Established DCOI
  • GAO Has Reported and Testified on Issues Related to Consolidating and Optimizing Data Centers
  • About Half of the Agencies Reported That Migrating IT Applications and Services to Cloud Computing Solutions Increased Optimization Progress
  • Five Agencies Reported Success in Increasing Energy Efficiency to Optimize Their Data Centers
  • Agencies Reported Operational, Technical, and Financial Challenges in Optimizing Their Data Centers
  • Operational Challenges
  • Technical Challenges
  • Financial Challenges
  • Most Agencies Still Cannot Effectively Measure Server Utilization
  • Conclusion
  • Matter for Congressional Consideration
  • Recommendations for Executive Action
  • Agencies Are Reporting Limited Progress against OMB's Data Center Optimization Targets
  • Most Agencies Are Not Planning to Meet OMB's Fiscal Year 2018 Optimization Targets
  • Agencies Reported Successes and Challenges in Optimizing Data Centers
  • Agencies Identified the Use of Optimization Technologies and Improved Energy Efficiency as the Most Reported Successes
  • Approximately Two-Thirds of Agencies Reported That Implementing Virtualization Technologies Improved Their Data Center Optimization Efforts
  • Agency Comments and Our Evaluation
  • List of Committees
  • Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology
  • Appendix II: Comments from the Department of Commerce
  • Appendix III: Comments from the Department of Defense
  • Appendix IV: Comments from the Department of Energy
  • Appendix V: Comments from the Department of Health and Human Services
  • Appendix VI: Comments from the Department of Homeland Security
  • Appendix VII: Comments from the Department of the Interior
  • Appendix VIII: Comments from the Department of Labor
  • Appendix IX: Comments from the Department of State
  • Appendix X: Comments from the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Appendix XI: Comments from the Environmental Protection Agency
  • Appendix XII: Comments from the General Services Administration
  • Appendix XIII: Comments from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Appendix XIV: Comments from the Office of Personnel Management
  • Appendix XV: Comments from the Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Appendix XVI: Comments from the Social Security Administration
  • Appendix XVII: GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments
  • GAO Contact
  • Staff Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 2