Thin Client Benefits
Benefits to your Company
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Environmental Benefits
Many organizations today have an abundance of servers, and most of them are underutilized. Typically servers operate at 5%-20% of full processing capacity, but are still using energy. Tack on the cost it takes to run hundreds if not thousands of desktop PCs everyday and power costs alone are putting dents in already tight IT budgets everywhere.
From switching from your traditional 'fat' client network/server set up to a more efficient and green environment can benefit both you and the environment by:
- Reducing Environmental Impact - Thin clients consume an average of 8-20 watts compared to a 150 watt PC, which in turn reduces carbon footprint.
- Financial Savings - Cost savings from electricity can be reinvested.
- Recycling - Because thin clients have a longer life span, there's less computer hardware being thrown away.
A recent study by Devon IT in the US shows the cost saving benefits in two scenarios:
Scenario 1: 100 users
- Traditional desktop power consumption*: 15,000 watts
- Virtual Client power consumption**: 1,948 watts
- Estimated Savings**** ~$1,300 per year
Scenario 2: 250 users
- Traditional desktop power consumption*: 37,500 watts
- Virtual Client power consumption***: 3,912 watts
- Estimated Savings**** ~$4,070 per year
These figures show a 90% reduction in energy use
** VCS Configuration:
- 1 IBM BladeCenter S
- 5 BladeCenter HS12 blades with 12GB memory per blade
- 876GB Storage (1,148 watts)
- 100 Thin Clients * 8 watts (800 watts).
Configuration (Scenario 1):
- Assumes 20 virtual desktops per blade with 256MB per virtual desktop (equivalent to 512MB in physical memory)
- BladeCenter S chassis
- One Nortel Networks Layer 2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch
- Two SAS connectivity modules
- One Advanced Management Module
- Two Disk Storage Modules with 438GB (6 x 73.4GB) disk storage each
- Five HS12 blade servers, each with one 2.50GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processor
- 12GB memory (2 x 2GB + 2 x 4GB)
- Two 73.4GB 10K SAS HDD
- One SAS expansion card CFFv.
- Thin client = Devon IT 6040A.
- ***1 BladeCenter S + 5 HS21 XM blades* with 32GB memory per Blade
- 3TB RAID-1 storage (1,912 watts)
- 250 Thin Clients * 8 watts (2,000 watts).
Configuration (Scenario 2):
- Assumes 50 virtual desktops per blade with 256MB per virtual desktop (equivalent to 512MB in physical memory)
- BladeCenter S chassis
- One Nortel Networks Layer 2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch
- Two SAS connectivity modules
- One Advanced management Module
- Two Disk Storage Modules with 3TB (6 x 500GB) disk storage each
- Five HS21 XM blade servers, each with one 3.0GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processor
- 32GB memory (8x4GB)
- One 73GB 10K SAS HDD
- One SAS expansion card CFFv.
- Thin client = Devon IT 6040A.
****Assumes 10 cents per KwH with desktops operational for 8 hours per day, 365 days per year. Servers operational for 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
