Greening Iniatives in Cloud Computing by Vishal and Shree

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In spite of the innovative and money related advantages of cloud computing, there are

frequently natural advantages that are disregarded. It lessens vitality utilization,

waste, and carbon discharges. Cloud computing isn't only a 'technological thing,' it

noteworthily affects society and the natural environment.

There are several ways in which it benefits the environment:

1. Reduced hardware emission: Cloud computing is less dependent on hardware this

factor is counted as the biggest contribution of cloud computing. Due to this

manufacturing of new hardware is reduced.

2. Reduced energy use: As we know that servers require a constant power supply, a

cooling system to avoid overheating, and when the equipment lifecycle ends, you

have to dispose them which gets added to e-waste. Cloud computing helps to

reduce these problems significantly.

3. Reduced geographical damages to nature: By means of cloud computing data

centers do not have any specific geographical preferences. They can be located at

any distance from the business location only condition to set up data center is to

avoid a disaster prone area.

4. Reduces the wastage of extra storage: In cloud computing, the service provider

usually offers a pay-as-you-go plan for everyone. These plans make users use

only the required amount of resources which reduces the wastage of power and

storage.

5. Shift to renewable energy sources: Carbon emission has reduced as some of the

data centers have shifted to renewable sources of energy to power their

operations.

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Cloud Computing features which helps to achieve green computing:-

1. Pay-as-you-use service: This service ensures users to consume only needed and

nothing beyond. So the energy and resources are used efficiently.

2. Multi-tenancy: One of the features which enables different organization to take

advantage of a common cloud based infrastructure.

3. Computing scalability: Previously data centres depends on the hardware and

physical infrastructure to meet the requirements. So during peak hours when user

demand increases then to ensure the quality of service we dedicate extra servers

which is not energy efficient.

To fix this situation we used cloud-based infrastructure.

4. Load Balancing: Previously the load balancers used was not capable of handling

dynamic organizational requirements. But cloud computing takes the load balancing

to a new level. Due to this the workload distributes over multiple servers efficiently

and prevents overheating and reduces the amount of energy consumed.

[Not a single person is prepared to compromise on productivity while giving a

helping hand to green efforts. But with the help of cloud computing, we can easily

achieve the goal without affecting productivity].

References :

Fig 1. https://www.acecloudhosting.com/blog/is-cloud-computing-a-green-it-initiative/

Fig 2. https://websystemoncloud.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/green-cloud-computingweek-1/