Green Storage Initiative

Toward energy-efficient storage networking solutions

The SNIA Green Storage Initiative (GSI) is dedicated to advancing energy efficiency and conservation in all networked storage technologies and minimizing the environmental impact of data storage operations.

The GSI’s mission

To conduct research on power and cooling issues confronting storage administrators
Educate the vendor and user community about the importance of power conservation in shared storage environments
Leverage SNW and other SNIA and partner conferences to focus attention on energy efficiency for networked storage infrastructures
Provide input to the SNIA Green Storage TWG on requirements for green storage metrics and standards
Provide external advocacy and support of the technical work of the SNIA Green Storage Technical Working Group

The Green Storage Initiative Needs You!

Prepare to make a genuine difference by your company taking part in activities, collaborative efforts, and other educational and consciousness-raising events for the industry. Now is the opportunity to join and have an impact addressing these environmental challenges. The GSI has voting and non-voting membership levels ($9000 and $4500 annually; SNIA membership required), as well as individual/non-profit institutional memberships ($400; SNIA membership required). Please act today to join the companies listed below as proud members of the Green Storage Initiative.

For more information and membership, please contact GSI@snia.org.

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Green Storage Initiative

Toward energy-efficient storage networking solutions

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